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What emotion is this?	bal317	08/03/03
Almost back to back deaths. My daughter's mother-in-law and my own mother-in-law recently died, approx. 5 weeks apart. I was asked by family to do their makeup and hair, being a cosmetologist. I felt it an honor, but in the end, I feel something so strongly inside of me by having done such. I feel satisfyed that I was doing and did my best, by the way the families felt they looked beautiful, both had cancer and did look exstemly miserable at time of death, so I did make them look good. But I can't shake this funny feeling, and I don't know what it is. Does anyone know what it is and what I should do about it.
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Laura		09/01/03
I recently lost my own mother.. I was so grateful that the cosmetologist did such a good job of making my very frail mother look so beautiful.. I was so worried they wouldn't get her hair right, or they'd put on too much makeup, and both were just perfect.. Just how mom would have wanted to look. What you did for your family was a lovely "last gift". Was it the first time that you had ever done this for the deseaced? If so, maybe that is why you are feeling funny about it. Maybe it's a calling for you. Something you never thought about doing, as we usually are alive when we get our hair and makeup done. It seems like it might be a very fullfilling career.. Just a thought! Laura

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