I Had Waited 29 Years for That Day. I Thought That After It Was Over, I Would Finally Be Able to Look in the Mirror Without Feeling Ashamed… But Just Three Days Later, I Locked Myself in the Bathroom and Cried to My Mom, “I Think I Just Made the Biggest Mistake of My Life.”

That

evening, my mom stepped out of the room for a few minutes.

I got up.

Slowly, I walked into the bathroom.

I turned on the light.

And for the first time, I really looked at myself in the mirror.

My heart began pounding.

I moved closer.

Then I stepped back.

My hands started trembling.

By the time my mother walked in, I was already crying.

She hurried toward me.

“What happened?”

I couldn’t take my eyes off my reflection.

And there was only one thing I could manage to say.

“Mom… I think I just made the biggest mistake of my life.”

My mother didn’t say anything for several seconds.

She walked over and stood beside me.

“Look at me,” she said.

I shook my head.

“I can’t.”

At that moment, I didn’t recognize myself.

My face looked so different that