Every prom dress shop in our town told my 17-year-old daughter she was “too big” for their gowns.
One saleswoman actually laughed when Hazel asked to try on the dress in the window.
Hazel came home that afternoon, locked her bedroom door, and told me through it, “Mom, I’m not going to prom. Please just stop trying.”
I sat outside that door and cried.
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