Mirrors can be cruel. Mirrors can be kind. Mirrors can distort. I think the lesson learned herd is that looking in the mirror is not a way to find the truth about oneself. It's not even the way to discover how one appears to others. We see what we expect to see in a mirror.
Sarah's mother is right. People will get to know her. Those are the relationships that will matter.
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