My daughter brought her fiancé home to meet me before the wedding – as soon as she left the room, he said, “I’ve fulfilled my part of the agreement; now it’s your turn.”

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“I’ll meet him tomorrow,” he promised. “As it should be.”

Marissa looked at the clock.

“He’ll be here in 10 minutes.”

Then she touched one of her earrings.

“Is that an exaggeration?”

“No,” I said. “You look beautiful.”

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Marissa gave me a discreet smile.

“Thank you, Mom.”

Then the doorbell rang.

Marissa was born with a dark, reddish birthmark that covered a large part of the left side of her face. (Linguistic Resources)

When she was little, she didn’t care.

Bakery Products Linguistic Resources At the age of four, she once drew herself using a purple crayon to cover half of her face because, according to her, “purple is prettier than red.”

So, she started school.

The other children taught her to notice the difference.

At age seven, she already knew which side she preferred to be on in class photos.

At eleven, she already knew how to position her face whenever someone pointed a camera at her. Learn more.