Quotation
I can identify with this, 'tho I've had only one and mine did fade to silver...
"I've borne this lovely child and her sister who have marked me through and through. I love them more than I thought was possible--my boundaries stretched. Other stretch marks, the ones on my lower stomach, never did turn to silvery lines, as the pregnancy books said they would. They stayed violet and jagged, but I don't care. They are real. I was broken open. I should have some sign to remember, some minor stripe that shows the inner shift, my tectonics. I was solid, before my children. Now I'm subject to earthquakes."
--Louise Erdrich
"The Antelope Wife"
"I've borne this lovely child and her sister who have marked me through and through. I love them more than I thought was possible--my boundaries stretched. Other stretch marks, the ones on my lower stomach, never did turn to silvery lines, as the pregnancy books said they would. They stayed violet and jagged, but I don't care. They are real. I was broken open. I should have some sign to remember, some minor stripe that shows the inner shift, my tectonics. I was solid, before my children. Now I'm subject to earthquakes."
--Louise Erdrich
"The Antelope Wife"