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Beauty—more than skin deep
I love to look at fashion magazines and have done this since I was a young girl, although I have to say that now I approach leafing through these glossy pages from a maturer perspective.
The pursuit of beauty is not an unusual desire for many children and adults. Looking back on it now, I really think that my childhood wish was actually a desire to be loved, and I thought that if I looked beautiful, as the magazines portrayed beauty, I would be loved. And who doesn’t want to be loved, accepted, and cherished?

April 25, 2016 issue
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Letters
Erin Fisher, Missy Williams, Joanne Otto
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Beauty—more than skin deep
Karen McCoy
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Don’t fix it—nix it! And replace it!
Hal H. Hoerner
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You have a choice
Kate Johnson
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Brought back to the truth
Dilys Bell
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Let goodness grow
Cali McClure
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No fall from God’s grace
Eric D. Pagett
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Hearing fully restored
David Wilman
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Recurring eyelid infection stopped
Poonam Likhi
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Harmonious childbirth
Carole Jackson Poindexter
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'Blessed is the man that...'
Photograph by James Scott
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The year of living more honestly
The Monitor’s Editorial Board
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Honesty and progress
Tessa Parmenter
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A quick response
Rob Gilbert