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00:00It's a birthmark.
00:03I was born with it.
00:05It's called a port-red stain.
00:07Yes, like someone spilt wine on my face.
00:10It won't fade, in fact it will get darker.
00:12No, it doesn't hurt.
00:15No one hit me.
00:16I was not burnt or scalded.
00:19I know laser treatment is available.
00:21No, it will not remove my birthmark.
00:24I wasn't bullied as a child.
00:26My birthmark doesn't define me.
00:29Having one makes me kinder to those that deserve it, and fiercer to those that don't.
00:34I am loved.
00:36I am enough.
00:38This is me, and this is how I drew myself when I was a child, and as a teenager.
00:43And this is how my children draw me.
00:45I wish I could have seen myself how they see me instead of wishing I was something else.
00:49But I'm grateful to them that I can see it now.
00:52Look what I found at Aldi.
00:57Representation.