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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Rosaleen Fenton

Mum of boy born with no eye socket, nostril or ear tells how she was 'struck down with guilt'

Mum Charlie Beswick is on a mission: to support fellow parents of children with a diagnosis or a disability.

It comes after she spent many years living with guilt and shame, certain that she had failed as a mother after one of her twin boys was born with a rare facial deformity.

Looking back, Charlie can see how her entire world shifted on its axis at this point - and the invisible burden it placed upon her.

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