Oktubre 26, 2013

"At first she wanted to faint as she stared at the new face, smooth and freckled, stitched to her daughter’s pale scalp."

"But when [Carmen] Tarleton started talking in her old familiar voice — 'Can’t you just get in here?' — [her mother] relaxed."
“I said, ‘This is who Carmen is now,’ and it really looked beautiful,” she recalled. “Although it didn’t look anything like her, it was her face.”

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Shouting Thomas ayon kay ...

Tough, resiliant woman.

We all fall down, or get knocked down. The quality of our lives is determined but what we do next.

Martha ayon kay ...

and she found a soulmate to love and cherish her...
remarkable story

Alex ayon kay ...

ST - some get knocked down harder than others.

David ayon kay ...

And the guy who did this? Words fail.

gbarto ayon kay ...

David,
In some countries men do this to little girls for having the audacity to want to learn to read.

CatherineM ayon kay ...

Horrific. I am so glad medical science is helping her.

She is amazing. I love that she took up music and it lead her to a new love. Wow. Remarkable.

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