When the wealthy couple saw their newborn’s face, the mother gasped, “Take him away, he’s a monster.” They abandoned him at the hospital. A kind nurse raised him. Twenty years later, the couple desperately needed a rare surgery. The world-famous surgeon walked in, revealed his birthmark, and…

“People are small. They are frightened of anything they cannot easily categorize. But your worth is not dictated by the limits of their imagination.” She wiped my tears with her thumbs, her eyes blazing with a fierce, protective fire. “Let them stare. Let them look at your face. And then, when you open your mouth, you make sure your brilliance, your continue reading …