Be Mascara-on-a-Bad-Day Brave

Courage, more often than not, goes unnoticed because it manifests itself in ordinary ways.

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My eyes meet their match in the mirror, and I’m struggling to keep my hand from trembling as I swipe on a coat of mascara that I know all too well isn’t waterproof. I wish for waterproof mascara while I give myself the talk that I will not cry today. Not yet. Not while there are children to get ready for school, a run to g…