Yes. And imagine my horror when I see the same scars on my child, ones I didn’t put there and thought I had taught them to protect against. It’s a slow and horrifying realization that if you don’t sew on your child’s mask, the world will do it for them.
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Yes. And imagine my horror when I see the same scars on my child, ones I didn’t put there and thought I had taught them to protect against. It’s a slow and horrifying realization that if you don’t sew on your child’s mask, the world will do it for them.