I carefully selected a cardboard carton from the cold metal shelf. \u00a0Peeping inside the stiff, brown, container, I made sure none of the eggs were busted.<\/p>\n
With just one vastly uncoordinated motion of my foot, \u00a0I was sprawled across the dirty gas station floor. \u00a0I glanced over the eggs still balanced in my arms. \u00a0I had saved all but one from my clumsy, doubtful feet. \u00a0She was cracked. \u00a0The veiny cracks were barely visible, but visible still.<\/p>\n
This egg was no different from the rest. \u00a0She was no weaker. \u00a0She just chose to wear her scars proudly upon her bleached shell. \u00a0They told the story of her past. \u00a0They told the story of what hurt her.<\/p>\n
The others were no stronger than her, only less proud of where they’ve been and where that’s lead to–cradled, shaken in my arms.<\/p>\n
She was the strong one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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