Layne's inspiration!

i was browsing friends' old blogs...and happened upon one that Layne had written in July about plastic surgery, etc.

i wrote a comment....and then decided i'd post it.

so i'm late in remarking on this blog but remark i shall.
i think a lot about this subject for three reasons:
two are quite personal, and one is just an opinion i have.
so i really despise the concept of plastic surgery....of medicine capitalizing on the insecurities of people everywhere....striving for some contrived perfection that doesn't even exist.
but i've always loved the idea of reconstructive surgery. giving someone back dignity, a little peace, where the horrors of the past don't stare them in the face everytime they brush their teeth.
maybe the latter is important to me because the strength to let those scars be a testament and not a flashback is not always present in people in the same degree.
my mum was burned in a house fire when i was 11. 3rd degree burns on her hands, 2nd degree burns on her neck, 1st degree burns on her face, and a voice that once was so soft, that now sounds like she's perpetually getting over a cold. her hands were beautiful. and still are to me. mainly because they do the same things they used to do: touch with love, brush my hair, help others, cook meals.
but i often wonder what she thinks when she looks at them. i feel it could occasionally get exhausting. she decided against skin grafts to make them "normal". ...but i don't know if i would have.
the third reason....well that's for a rainy day. or some coffee.