Beauty Worth Praising
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tap into Your Inner Strength
By Kasey Hanson

I learned there is a blessing sent from God in every burden of sorrow.
~Sherrie A. Hundley

My husband played professional football in the NFL for eleven years. It was an industry that made it easy to be consumed with tanning, mani/pedis, gyms and spa treatments, just to mention a few. Glamorous girlfriends and wives consistently raised the standard of beauty.

Early in my husband’s career we were involved in a freak kitchen accident resulting in third degree burns from the hot oil in a fondue pot. I sustained the greatest trauma, so the doctors life-flighted me to a burn unit. After a month-long stay, a few surgeries, and four skin grafts, I went home. Forty percent of the front of my body, including my face, was burned. The doctor prescribed compression garments for me to wear from my toes to upper abdomen for a full year. (Keep reading)