The past 2 months have been quiet. Not because I had nothing to say, but because life forced me to pause, to feel, to process.
My mother passed away in September. I cared for her for seven years. Seven years in which I fluctuated between love, duty, grief, frustration, and gratitude.
It wasn't always easy, because my childhood wasn't always easy either. My mother did her best, I believe that with all my heart. But she couldn't always be the mother I needed. As a child, I often felt ashamed, lost, and uncertain about where I belonged: with my father, with my mother, or perhaps nowhere at all.
Only now, now that both of them are gone, do I see something truly special: because of what they could not give, I have become who I do want to be.
It has shaped me. It has given me strength. It has taught me how I want to do things differently.
I have become a woman who makes her own choices. Who sees obstacles, but goes straight through them. Who doesn't give up. Not because it's easy, but because the alternative is not a life.
Was it tough? Yes. Would I have wanted it differently? Of course. But I choose to look at what I do have, not at what I miss. Because that is how you grow. That is how you live.
What you see is never the whole story
In the world we live in, everything seems perfect. Pretty pictures, beautiful homes, beautiful lives. But no one sees what happens behind those photos. No one sees the tears, the sleepless nights, the worries, the fears, the real pain.
And that’s okay.
You don't have to share everything. You don't have to explain everything. But it is important that we remain kind to one another. That we don't judge anyone based on what we see. Because behind every face, every family, every business… hides a story you don't know.
Tony Robbins, a turning point
In September, right in the middle of the most difficult phase of my mother's illness, I went to Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within. An event with 13,000 people. An energy that is impossible to describe. A power that almost physically lifts you up.
I was there with my husband, and honestly: it changed me. It taught me that you always have a choice: you can suffer, or you can move forward.
No matter how painful it is. No matter how hard it is. No matter how unfair it sometimes feels. If you don't move forward, you won't get out of your pain. And that is why, every single day, I choose that step forward. For positivity. For strength. For light.
My mission is alive. Stronger than ever.
And now… Now I feel space again. Breath. Direction.
My mission: spreading love, light, and positivity for women and children, is stronger than ever.
✨ La Luz Lifestyle continues to support Free a Girl
✨ La Luz Kids collaborates with the Princess Máxima Center
Two causes, one heart. Two companies, one mission: to make the world a little brighter.
I know I cannot do this alone. I need you.
Not to buy, not to spend money, but because you can help with something that is sometimes even more valuable:
❤️ Share my story
❤️ Follow us on Instagram
❤️ Like our posts (that helps so much more than you think)
❤️ Tell someone about our websites:
Because perhaps… perhaps there is one person who just needs that one positive message. One person looking for a little light. One person who finds a smile again thanks to you.
And then you are part of something beautiful. Then we are building a world that feels a bit softer together. A bit more loving. A bit brighter.
And how beautiful is that?
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for staying.
Thank you for walking this path with me, with all its bumps, but also with all its glimmers of light.
Love,
Vanessa
La Luz
