Bullies Mock Woman's Smile.
What Stranger Does Next Leaves Her In Tears
What was supposed to be a happy day turned into a nightmare for single mom Jessica McDaniels.
Two of her friends had just gotten engaged and a picture of the happy couple – with
Jessica smiling and snapping pictures in the background – quickly went viral.
The reason?
Jessica's teeth.
Jessica has had problems with her teeth since she was little.
Her adult teeth didn't start coming in until she was 12 years old, and when they did come
in they were crooked and formed a severe overbite.
Oral surgery could correct the problem, but Jessica had also endured nine surgeries between
the ages of 2 and 12 to correct a hearing issue and her family couldn't afford to
pay the thousands of dollars it would take to fix her teeth.
While Jessica had been bullied as a child over her teeth, she thought it was all behind
her.
When she found out her picture had been spread all over the internet by a new generation
of bullies, she was devastated.
Cruel bullies who didn't even know her mocked her online.
Some told her she should be in a zoo, others had the audacity to tell the single mom that
she should never have had kids.
"I didn't care about them talking about me," the 32-year-old said through tears,
"I just wanted to protect my kids."
Thankfully, though, while her picture had attracted the taunts of anonymous bullies,
it also caught the eyes of people with more kindness and compassion.
Krystal Starks, a former classmate of Jessica's, learned about the bullying and decided to
step up and do something.
Even though the two hadn't been close in high school, Krystal set up a GoFundMe page
to raise money for Jessica to get oral surgery.
"For a person doing something innocent, for them to be caught off-guard and taken
advantage of like this is horrible," Krystal said.
"For what?
For likes on Facebook?"
The fundraiser has almost reached its goal of $10,000, but one compassionate doctor stepped
up and decided to do something even better – she offered to fix Jessica's smile for
free!
"I definitely wanted to help her because of how she handled her situation," said
Dr. Maryann Udy.
"And I just thought, 'Man, I have the ability to help her.'"
After the surgery, Jessica's smile was transformed.
While it has been an adjustment getting used to her new look, she has newfound confidence
with her new smile – something she now wants to share with others.
"It was life-changing," Jessica said of her surgery.
"I had been like that for 32 years and for that to change it was like, 'Who are you?
Who are you now?
Who are you gonna be now?'"
She wants to start a non-profit to help others in situations similar to hers.
The name she has chosen?
Smile With Me.
"I'm just so happy," she said, "and I want to make others happy too."
The money raised by the GoFundMe campaign will go toward helping Jessica pay off some
debt along with some other household items.
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