My Daughter Loves Beauty, So She Deserves to Be Disfigured

My teenage daughter loves wearing makeup, but her skin is in bad shape. I urged her not to obsess over her appearance and to focus on her studies instead. She snapped, “You old-fashioned fossil, you don’t know anything about trends!” My husband said the same thing: “You’re ugly yourself, so now you won’t let our daughter dress up?” Later, I was diagnosed with cancer, and my husband transferred all my money into his own name. My daughter came to my bedside and said, “Mom, now no one will be able to boss me around!”

When I opened my eyes again, my daughter was covering her face with foundation, trying to hide her dense crop of pimples. “Mom, do I look pretty?” I smiled and replied, “Of course you do, sweetheart! Put on another layer and your skin will look even better!”