Scars- CW: cuts, bruises, and things that create scars

A young girl around the age of four awakened early from her nap. Her mom, exhausted from yet another very long workweek, was sound asleep, dearly needing a bit of respite from constant struggle as a single working mother. The child, clearly bored, sought entertainment. Not in her room where her favorite stuffed animals lived, but in the bathroom. ( Read more... )

This is week 1 of The Literary Prize Fight. The topic was: "It's hard to beat a person who never gives up." Thank you for reading.