I am a 29 year old mother of three beautiful girls. Never in my life have I ever had confidence about my body or looks. I was always the fat, nerdy, awkward, dorky kid. I failed at every sport I tried and was teased mercilessly by my peers growing up. I had many health concerns growing up and into adolescence. My only friends were found in books or the animals on the farm where I grew up. My mother was always beautiful, so much so that my peers would ask me if she was my real mother, because I looked nothing like her. I would often cry myself to sleep, wishing to wake up beautiful.
My dream never came true. I learned to love many other things about myself instead. My mother told me that people would value me instead for my kindness, my intellect, my gentle soul. I have learned to love who I am inside but after years of telling myself that it didn’t matter that I was fat and ugly, I have decided that I deserve to love what I see in the mirror and not just what is in my heart. I am eating right. I am exercising. But even my doctor told me that some of my problems will never disappear through hard work and that only plastic surgery will correct them. I would like to save my own money to correct my issues and deformities (I also have a problem called tuberous breasts; in the UK the NHS will correct this congenital defect, but no American insurance cares). However I have 3 growing girls to raise, I volunteer much of my time and money to helping with a dog rescue, and I work with the elderly in a nursing home where my heart is satisfied with my work but my paycheck is meager. My only hope is to connect with generous angels here who will help me someday cry tears of joy instead of sorrow.
On my wish list:
Breast lift with implant to correct tuberous deformity
Liposuction to remove stubborn fat deposits and “buffalo hump” I acquired as the result of Cushing disease
Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) to remove my horrible stomach flap
Rhinoplasty to fix my large, thick nose
Will you be the angel in my life? You will forever have my gratitude for any gift given from your heart.