So I was surfing the web and came across this article that I thought was appropriate to share. As a mother of two boys I find myself trying to teach Preston (Huxley is obviously a tad young) that we are all different and that God makes us a certain way. That we are all beautiful no matter our looks or circumstances and that we should be compassionate to all people. This article really struck me. As a girl that has ears that are less than perfect I completely felt compassion for this 14 year old girl and understood how having it fixed would "make it all better". However at the same time I am enraged that she felt that she had to have surgery not only on her ears but also have plastic surgery on her nose and chin at the same time just because. Some may say you have no right to judge and I don't and I am not judging. Having been in her shoes I remember thinking how if I could just have surgery all would be better...when my mom offered to have my ears done I remember thinking how easy it would be to do that but what kind of message would I be sending those that "bullied" me? Having them fixed would only make them win. In the long run it made me stronger and made me realize that we are all not the same and that no one is perfect. It taught me to be compassionate to those who have it worse off than myself and to those doing the bullying (they are obviously sad with their lives if they feel the need to put others down to feel better about themselves). It taught me to be strong and comfortable in who I am period! Yes I could have gone out and gotten them pinned but now its just one more amazing thing about myself. I define who I am not society. I decided to embrace myself, love myself and realize I was made perfectly by my heavenly Father and He knows better than me. At 14 we are all awkward and gawky. I feel stronger about myself now than I ever have. Yes I might be heavier than I would like to be and definitely considered obese by societies standards but I don't care. I love myself. While I understand her mom just wanting to make her daughter feel better and stop the pain (I really do understand I would probably feel the same way with both my boys) I wish she had built her up instead of agreeing that she needed surgery. High school can be really cruel I get it but its just a point in life, a chapter in a book, that will pass and be forgotten with age. Don't let those bad times define you as a person and use your differences to help others in the future.
What do you think? Do you think they should have done the surgery?
