Bullying is a terrible part of the world we live in. It can destroy a person’s self-esteem, and make them feel worthless. Jessica McDaniels has experienced this many times in her life.

Jessica has grown up her whole life in Missouri, and she’s been teased about her crooked teeth for as long as she could remember.

She figured that once she became an adult, it would all change.

But, as you will read, adults are sometimes very negative as well. McDaniels decided to post some engagement photos, and man, people were not kind.

People seem to come out of the woodwork to trash her for her smile.

Two of Jessica’s best friends recently got engaged.

Someone in the group posted their engagement on social media. Jessica, was seen standing in the background, filming the special experience for the two. She had the biggest smile because her friends were having an amazing moment. But her smile ended up becoming the talk of the photo.

Bullies started zooming in on her teeth and commenting pretty mean things on the photo.

The engagement that was taking place almost seemed completely irrelevant.

“I didn’t care about them talking about me – I just wanted to protect my kids,” said McDaniels as she was crying.

This mom and hairdresser has been around a lot of negativity throughout her 32-year old life.

She had no control over it. Her teeth came in a bit late as a child. Now, most kids’ teeth form at the age of 6 but not Jessica’s, hers didn’t come in until age 12. But they came in with a pretty bad overbite.

Jessica was distraught because she realized she had ruined her friend’s special day.

The post went viral for the wrong reason, and it ultimately destroyed the engagement. Jessica started to fear for her family as well.

But people online didn’t realize that she wanted to get her smile cleaned up.

But procedures like these are very expensive. It was going to cost Jessica thousands and thousands of dollars, which were funds she just didn’t have to work with.

But one of Jessica’s friends started a GoFundMe page to help her out.

“I think that it is sad that most of the people that are reposting and doing this cyberbullying are adults. JESSICA has struggled with this issue and has been teased for most of life about her teeth,” the page reads.

“Instead of criticizing and tearing Jessica down, let’s support her dream of making her smile perfect.”

So many people began donating to help her out. Donations climbed higher and higher until the amount of 10,000$ that they were looking to raise seemed unnecessary with the amount they had received.

McDaniel’s amazing story was picked up and covered by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hundreds and thousands of people read the story and offered to help her financially with her procedure.

People wanted to show that there are good individuals still left in the world.

Well, a very interesting individual caught wind of the procedure. Dr. Maryann Udy at Northwest Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgeons. Udy had seen the photos and knew that this procedure would be quite difficult. But the good doctor asked Jessica if she could perform the operation completely free. What an incredible offer!

Little less than a week later Jessica went into the office to start the long process of changing her teeth. There was going to be bone work done, and dental implants used. The surgery itself would last two hours, but the pain from the surgery would plague Mrs. McDaniels for months after.

The surgery went well, and it totally changed her life

Now there was a bunch of pain and discomfort for Jessica, and she couldn’t chew with her front teeth for a long time. But she would still choose to do it all over again.

The pictures are pretty incredible. Jessica had always been a happy, joyful individual. But after the surgery, she wasn’t scared of showing that on her face either.

Jessica was asked about her old smile, and she replied:

“I loved her,” McDaniels mentioned, referring to her previous facial features.

She stood strong amidst the bullying and didn’t let it get to her. But she was still ecstatic when she saw the results of the surgery.

“I looked good before,” said McDaniels. “I look even better now.”

What a story! We hear many stories about bullies, and how they impact people’s lives negatively. This is such a cool story of someone coming alongside and changing another person’s whole world. Many people wanted to help her too. A good deed can have a ripple effect, that causes others to do a good deed as well.

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Source: Spotlight Stories, St. Louis Post-Dispatch