I decided to start MotherWifeFriend after the deaths of several loved ones over the course of a few short years. I lost my grandmother in May 2018 and I lost a close friend of mine in March 2019. In September of that same year, my mom passed away. Not to mention, just a few years earlier in May 2013, I lost my mother-in-law as well.

At this point, I began to question life. I questioned the PURPOSE that a woman served as she lived out her days on this earth. I had now lost almost all the women in my life that I was closest to. I felt alone.

Seeing the pain and suffering that my grandmother and mother went through at the very end of their lives made me think about women in general: How we spend our lives. Do we spend it doing the things that make us happy? Do we spend it ensuring that we are fulfilled, or do we spend it taking care of everyone in the world but ourselves? Due to my obligations as a mother, wife, daughter, sister, niece, and so forth, through all of these deaths, I felt as though I did not get the opportunity that should have been afforded to me to go through the natural process of mourning. I knew that this was not fair, but I had been programmed to be the "strong one", to always do what was expected, to take care of those who were closest to me.

I began to panic! I was afraid! I saw how I lived for everyone but myself. I knew it was time to take control. I knew that if I did not do it for myself, no one would do it for me. I wanted to tell my story, help other women who were in the same situation as mine, or something similar. I had to ask myself: What would you do if you were the bravest version of yourself, today?3 Column

Finally, I began to take control of my life and LIVE, for me.