My Mother-in-Law Saw My Newborn Daughter’s Arm and Went Pale—Then She Told Us We Couldn’t Keep Her

That may have been the most important thing I learned.

PART 59 — WHAT WE TELL PEOPLE

When someone asks why we named our daughter Hope, I usually say:

“We liked the name.”

True.

If they ask about the mark:

“She’s had it since birth.”

True.

I no longer feel compelled to hand strangers our entire family history just because they notice something visible.

Privacy is not secrecy.