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<v 0>You just got to take each day, one day at a time.</v>

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My philosophy on life since I've had cancer and this pandemic has been

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that you have to be thankful for life. No matter what you go through,

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if you're still here, you're still here for a reason. And so,

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and while you're here, you need to do what you are here to do.

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Primarily I do black hair. Our hair is different. The saying that,

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"Hair is hair," it's really not. This here is a dark brown. It's not black.

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It's important that we do feel good about ourselves. Good to see you!

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You too, you too. All right.

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We have a lot of women that have jobs and need their hair taken

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care of to be able to go to work. If they don't have a ride,

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I have no problem picking up my clients.

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Money and getting here is never going to be a reason why you can't get your hair

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done in my shop. I've had people that's really, really been good to me,

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so I feel like I have to give back. I've

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had B &amp; B Beauty Aalon ever since 1976,

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when I inherited from my husband's aunt. As a young girl,

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I just always knew I wanted to do hair. Tell me what you want.

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I started when I was in high school doing my friend's hair on weekends.

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My daughter, Catherine, comes in and works on weekends.

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She teaches cosmetology and because of the pandemic,

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she only comes in on weekends. Everybody knows this has to have,

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this has to be a lot of effort. A lot of the things that I've learned,

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I can teach her. And then the new stuff that she's learning,

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then she could teach me. Oh, but it's cute. The cut's cute.

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When COVID came, it changed everything.

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I don't take any new clients that I don't know. I don't take walk-ins no more.

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Safety is my first concern.

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I have to think about safety first because I don't want to be the reason someone

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comes up with COVID.

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I work one week and then take the next week off because my clients are on a

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every two week schedule.

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And that has seemed to work because I've had had a couple clients

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that have contracted the virus,

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but it's never been an issue at my shop because it happened on the off week.

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I have to watch my finances a lot better.

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The prices of my supplies went through the roof, shampoos,

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everything. I don't keep stock the way I used to.

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I really kind of plan for each week. But even in the middle of all of this,

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I still enjoy what I do. In 2017,

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I came down with cancer, but they caught it at an early stage. It was stage 1A.

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So I was able to have the surgery,

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do some preventive chemo and bounce back from that.

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That was the hardest thing that I had to deal with. Then when this came, I was,

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those are two things that caught me off guard. But I.

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<v 1>Truly enjoy my work, I don't even see myself not doing it.</v>

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Most of my clients have been with me the whole time. They're like family.

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Jeanie comes every three weeks. Good to go.

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And she's been with me 25 to 30 years.

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Ms. Sanders, she's 91 years old. She's been with me about 50 years,

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and she's here every two weeks to get her hair done. Every time she comes,

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she says, "Oh,

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I'm just so glad that God has kept you here to do our hair." I say,

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"When I'm gone, you'll find somebody else to do it." Alright, Ms. Sanders.

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I appreciate still being here because I like what I do.

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There's always something to appreciate, as long as you're here to appreciate it.

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There's always hope. There's always hope.