Preserved by Purpose: Face to Face 

“I have a what on my where?”  I asked my doctor as she reexplained what I’d obviously been too pre-occupied to hear.  Honestly, I knew I’d heard it right but, I was just hoping she’d say something different the 2nd time. By the time I collected my thoughts, the reality of what she said was literally staring me in the face:  I had a fungus on my face!      Initially I’d noticed the quarter-size strange dark spot while I was putting on makeup as I got ready for work a number of years ago.   Fearful of what it might be, I immediately made a doctor’s appointment.  After the doctor gave me the prescription for the problem and explained how she wanted me to use it, I asked her if I could still wear makeup.  She looked at me with a mixture of surprise and amusement, “Eye makeup and lipstick only” was her quick response. Funny thing is she couldn’t tell me where the fungus came from.  She just said sometimes as women age, our bodies do strange things. Tell me about it, I thought.   Even though I was glad that I finally knew what this mysterious “thing” was on my face,...