为了鼓励一个天生没有手臂的小女孩，这位女士分享了她自己扮演的灰姑娘的惊人照片，照片中她有一只玻璃手臂

Many of us have insecurities about our bodies at least at some point in our lives. Some don’t like the shape of their nose, some are very self-conscious about a couple of blemishes that are decorating their faces from time to time and whatnot, the list is really endless. But some of us have it harder than others and are facing serious health issues that make it hard to accept themselves for who they are. This is exactly the case for Mandy Pursley as well but she found the most beautiful way to help herself accept and even celebrate her disability. Scroll down for the whole story!

我们很多人对自己的身体都有不安全感，至少在生活中的某个时候。有些人不喜欢自己鼻子的形状，有些人对自己脸上不时出现的瑕疵感到很难为情，诸如此类，这样的例子不胜枚举。但我们中的一些人比其他人更困难，面临着严重的健康问题，使他们很难接受自己的本来面目。曼迪·帕斯利也是如此，但她找到了最美丽的方式来帮助自己接受甚至庆祝自己的残疾。向下看整个故事!

Growing up as an amputee, Mandy Pursley didn’t know many people like her

曼迪·普斯利(Mandy Pursley)从小就是一个截肢者，她不知道有多少人喜欢她

Nowadays we can all find people we relate to on various social media platforms which can make us better cope and accept ourselves easier. But this wasn’t the case for Mandy who didn’t get to see any people like her in the media while growing up, nor did she know any with similar conditions. This left her struggling to accept her physical differences for a long time.

如今，我们都可以在各种社交媒体平台上找到和我们有联系的人，这可以让我们更好地应对和接受自己。但曼迪的情况并非如此，她在成长过程中没有在媒体上看到任何像她这样的人，她也不知道有任何有类似情况的人。这让她在很长一段时间里难以接受自己的生理差异。

Nor did she see any in the media which made it hard for her to accept her differences

她也没有在媒体上看到任何让她难以接受自己的分歧的东西

It took her a long time but now she’s decided to celebrate her differences by making this beautiful Cinderella costume

这花了她很长时间，但现在她决定做这件美丽的灰姑娘服装来庆祝她的不同

Despite her never seeing such role models as herself while growing up, she strongly believes that “being different and unique can actually be a positive trait.”

尽管她在成长过程中从未见过像自己这样的榜样，但她坚信“与众不同、与众不同实际上可以成为一种积极的品质。”

She also had a glass arm made especially for her to go with the dress

她还特意做了一个玻璃手臂来搭配裙子

And used it to make a little twist in the classic story

用它在经典故事中做了一个小小的转折

So it only makes sense that after her daughter fell in love with Cinderella, she saw this as an opportunity to be the kind of role model she never had while growing up. Which proved to be really needed as her friend later asked her to share the pictures so a little girl who was born with one arm could see them.

所以，当她的女儿爱上灰姑娘后，她把这看作是一个机会，成为自己成长过程中从未有过的榜样，这才说得通。后来，她的朋友邀请她分享这些照片，这样一个天生只有一只手臂的小女孩就能看到这些照片。

Her husband Ryan became her Prince Charming in this beautiful photoshoot

在这张美丽的照片中，她的丈夫瑞安成为了她的白马王子

And seeing all of this really makes one believe in fairytales again

看到这一切真的让人再次相信童话故事

Soon after her post, the pictures of the gown she made by herself went viral. Although she doesn’t take all the credit for the costume and thanks her “fairy godfather” Gilbert Lozano who brought everything together with the most amazing glass arm.

在她的帖子发布后不久，她自己制作的礼服照片就在网上疯传。虽然她并没有把所有的功劳都归功于她的服装，但她还是要感谢她的“童话教父”吉尔伯特·洛扎诺，是他用最神奇的玻璃手臂把所有的东西组合在了一起。

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图片来源：Judita Kusaitytė