One year later, what her death taught me...

My Mom was so great at showing how perfect and wonderful she was. She was all of those things but often she would forget her own feelings. I wanted to share the photo below because it is one of my favorites. It is a photo of my REAL Mom and I.

She would work so hard to make other people happy including myself that she often would forget how to be happy herself. My Mom so easily gave into other peoples opinions about her, that it defined how she felt about herself and what she thought of herself. It exhausted her, she was selfless.

In the last year of her life, she truly lived even though she was in pain for more the 16 hours a day. She had her own opinions. She made her own decisions, had a positive self-image, created her own happiness and my Mom fought for herself up until the very last few seconds of her beating heart.

She used to say she was learning to smile again. She would laugh with her mouth wide open! I wish my Mom would have discovered her self-worth sooner in life. Before she abused herself with negative thought and words, before Bulimia, before Gastric Bypass and before she cared so much about pleasing others.

For me, my Mom’s death has taught me to be selfless and selfish. Her passing has taught me not to worry about the little things, to ask myself in 3 months, 6 months, 1 year will this matter? Will I still be upset about it? It is taught me to make true friends and be a true friend. Literally and truly LIVE every second but mostly to LOVE myself completely.

One year ago, I thought my life was over without her. Today, I am still alive! My Mother is dead, it is not sad and it is not happy. It is just a fact. Her life on earth is over; Her death taught me the importance of loving yourself daily. If you are reading this and you feel worthless, you are not worthless! You are loved. You mean something. Love yourself. ♥ ♥

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People especially women strive to look younger. They eat healthy foods and exercise every single day. They buy the right kind of clothes befitting their age and status. They stay away from harmful activities that can add to aging. They use skin products that have all natural ingredients to maintain their beauty. But what is being beautiful? It is a totality: skin, body, mind and hair. The hair is our crowning glory and the crown needs the right hair care products to live up to the expectation.

They often forget about the hair. This is a common problem. Women focus so much on the skin and they neglect their beautiful locks and smooth strands. In the end, the locks turn into knots of hair and the strands get split ends. The same care for the skin must also be showered to the hair. There must be a balance on the two.

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These days it is a very big problem to take good care of your hair. In order to keep Black hair looking as good as can be, its unique needs must be addressed. There are products available that are specially formulated to care for kinky or textured hair. It can be hard to know where to find the products you want. Here are some suggestions on the best way to find the black hair products so your hair will look great every day.

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