“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” (Kahlil Gibran) The speaker told the story of a mother that held her young daughter in her arms as they talked. The mother’s face was horribly scarred from burns she had suffered in a house fire several years ago. The little girl hesitantly reached up to touch her mother’s face and spoke sadly, “Mommy, the kids at school make fun of you behind my back. I hear them whisper that you look like a monster. I am embarrassed when you come to my school. Why don’t you look like other mommies?” The story went…