My eight-year-old daughter, Sophie, has vitiligo, a condition that causes white patches on her skin. She is beautiful, but some children at school have been cruel to her.
My husband, Nate, and I have spent years protecting her from bullying and teaching her to love herself.
I never imagined she would face that same cruelty from her own aunt.
My younger sister, Amanda, was getting married.
Sophie was thrilled. She had even picked out a pink dress for the ceremony.
But a week before the wedding, Amanda called me.
“Listen, I need you to come alone. Don’t bring Sophie.”
“What? Why?”
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