Harke: a painful memory you look back on with unexpected fondness even though you dreaded it at the time.

We go through so many hard things in life that we start to build up walls around those closest to us. Whether it's the family member that left too soon or the relationship you wish would've worked out.

We wear these events like armor and rather be closed off than caught off guard. But armor gets heavy and you can't drive through life looking through the rearview mirror. So learn to let go to laugh instead of lament to share, instead of suppress. Because if you never take off the bandage you'll never know if the wound had already healed.