Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moment's that takes your breath away. In other words, you go through life dealing with things that are bad, but how many times is it going to take for you to get it before it leads you to death or destruction. This is the story of Shelly. She finds herself looking for love in all the wrong places. She continues to get caught up in situations that she's never sure how to get out. She's a good girl but finds herself getting drawn into evil. It's where BEAUTY MEETS THE BEAST. When you look at this picture, you see a woman who has overcome obstacles in her life and she would often question why is she here? What is her purpose in life? LaShawn Denise Armour was born in Akron,Ohio to her parents Darlene Armour and Dallas Cook. She has four children that have shared in her journey of strength and growth. She would learn to break cycles because she didn't want her children to grow up the way she did in her younger tender years. She is not the perfect parent but she always turned to God and others to teach her how to be better for herself and her children. Despite her trials and tribulations, she still manages to remain humble, loving, and do her best to treat people like she wants to be treated. She would often hear people say that she has a beautiful spirit but she wouldn't see what they were seeing until one day she was determined to fight for her life and find the purpose of why she is still here after all that she had endured. She holds no one at fault for what she has gone through because she views them as teaching lessons. They were fertilizer to feed the seeds that were planted to grow. What you see now is a woman who is like a BEAUTIFUL FLOWER who has blossomed and found her purpose in life.