For two years, my daughter hid her smile.
Not because she wasn’t beautiful.
Not because she wasn’t kind or intelligent or funny.
But because middle school and high school can be brutal, and a complicated orthodontic frame attached to her teeth had turned her into an easy target.
Kids called it “robot gear.”… Continue Reading ⬇️
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