I came across a very attractive woman recently, with the exception of one minor visual detraction…a mole. It was in the center of her cheek, it was about ¼” in diameter and it had two hairs sprouting from it.Unless you’re an evil warlock looking for your storybook soul mate this is not typically what people in realityland find attractive.

(Emma Thompson, from the movie Nanny McPhee, left)

Flat “beauty marks” are quite different. They are first and foremost, flat. They too, seem to come and go, in and out of fashion.

(Madonna, the early years, right)

(and Madonna now)

While on this type of subject, I worked with someone years ago that had a baby. The baby had a growth next to his ear that looked as if a small finger was growing there. We (her friends) told her (immediately) to have the growth removed. She decided to leave it so that he could make the decision when he was old enough to make that type of decision on his own.

Let’s just say it…most kids are mean to other kids that aren’t the “norm”. If your child is born with some type of physical abnormality that can easily be rectified while they’re in a stage of life that they won’t remember it anyway, have it taken care of.

Life is hard enough.