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

At ten, she liked it.

At fourteen, she ignored it.

At nineteen, she got a tiny tattoo several inches away.

Beatrice nearly fainted again.

Some things never completely change.

Hope once considered having the birthmark lightened.

Then changed her mind.

Not because the mark was sacred.