children are forever bombarded with images on tv etc. and do not understand, so please do not take it personally. it is so hard when we lose the image of ourselves due to disease, but this is when we draw on the inside to remain focused on the fact that we have not changed, just the outward appearance. let close friends and family affirm this for you and never take the negative to heart and know that it will all improve with time.

there is a man here locally that has a rare disease that causes his face to grow multiple benign tumors ... we are talking huge and disfiguring - he calls it elephant man. he works at a safeway as a cashier and everyone loves him, though children he said cry and scream when they see him at times but he is so loving and such an awesome person ... anyways the community raised the money for him to have surgery to fix it ... very expensive surgery but he just went for it a few weeks ago ... it was touching. i said all that to say this ... people (who matter) will see you for who you are ... children will come around as they understand, and the people who do not see the real you, didn;t matter anyway in the scheme of things.

you are awesome, and never think otherwise