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| Director Mindi Fetterman explains the Image of Hope mirror to an open house gathering in 2013. The custom mirror was designed by Lake Worth artist Berne Born. |
past a mirror without checking
their reflections. Is the diet
working? Is the make-up still
okay? The women who look
into this one have to make
themselves. It's hard to look
into a mirror when all you've
heard is that you're ugly, that
it's all your fault what Daddy
does to you when lights go out
and no one reads the little girl
a bedtime story. They've carried
so much guilt and shame they
fear they'll see a twisted horror
when they look into the mirror.
And when they do, the day they
finally have the courage to
connect their mind with all
the skin they walk around in
every day, it's such a monumental
moment, so surprising that
the women smiling back at
them are beautiful.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014
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