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"I think the biggest thing that helped me was the support of my friends and family," Cyntrise says. "After leaving a very physically and mentally abusive relationship, I had no where to go, but back home. My parents took me back with open arms and supported me through those very rough years. "

It was during those years that her world had seemed to be turned upside down. All her and her children's needs were the responsibility of her husband, now that he was out of the picture, she had to take on the role of sole provider for her family. "The toughest part was the feeling of hopelessness, "She starts. "Everything I knew, all the the things I had hoped for were gone. I had a feeling of embarrassment being back home, as if I had failed. Now my children were looking to me. I knew that something needed to be done. My parents were always the example of working hard, and that is when I began to take stock of my talents. Don't get me wrong, its not like I changed overnight, I had to do what I needed to do. I worked at least two to three jobs at a time to pay the bills and eventually saved up enough to move out of my parent's house... again," she smiles.

color cyntrise"I knew that if I wanted a better job than the one I had, I needed to go back to school," Cyntrise began. " I enrolled at …show more content…

"I worked hard to build up my customer base, and after awhile I was having customers request me on a regular basis. I believe in customer service, I think that you should give the customer more than they expect. And although I was improving my nail skills as well as my customer service relations, the business where I was working made it difficult," she continued. "The business started cutting my hours, bouncing my paychecks, and even failing to pay me on time. I started to fall behind on my rent, bills, and even my car died on me. It seemed like everything was falling apart all over

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