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It’s a beautiful moment when a mother sees her baby for the first time, but it can be quite overwhelming when her baby is born with a defect. Though some women don’t feel the courage to face the challenges of having an “abnormal baby”, others are willing to accept their child as he/she is. In this story, The Monster on Her Cheek, Rebecca Roland demonstrates the emotional struggle but choosing to embrace her child either way. In the setting, Roland started off her narrative with a baby who was just born with a strange “monster” on her cheek. The nurse couldn’t look at Wendy, the mother, in the eyes and even apologized. This shows how even the nurse felt awful for the mother, leaving her to feel guilty and confused. The main character in this
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