The Sad Reason This Guinness Record Holder Grew Her Nails Out For Over 20 Years

As Guinness World Records recounts, Diana Armstrong's nail growing began the day her older daughter Latisha died.Armstrong calls that day "the worst day of my life." Her younger daughter Rania called her while she was "at the store,"saying, "Ma, Tisha won't wake up." By the time Armstrong got home, her daughter was dead.

As Guinness World Records recounts, Diana Armstrong's nail growing began the day her older daughter Latisha died. Armstrong calls that day "the worst day of my life." Her younger daughter Rania called her while she was "at the store," saying, "Ma, Tisha won't wake up." By the time Armstrong got home, her daughter was dead.  

Armstrong says that Latisha was her regular nail trimmer, filer, and polisher. By all accounts her and her daughter used the time to bond, and the night before Latisha died the two of them "was up all night." After Latisha died, Armstrong simply refused to cut her nails. She also didn't tell her other children about her decision. Her kids would tell her, "Ma, you need to cut your nails," and Armstrong would just reply, "Mind your business."

Eventually, Armstrong did confide in her children, who, as she says in her Guinness YouTube story, said, "Why didn't you tell us that?" Her daughter Rania said, "When she told us the backstory because of my sister, it kind of changed my feelings toward it because just as much as she missed my sister, I missed her, too." Rania says that she accepts her mother's decision to continue growing her nails as a way to hold on to Latisha. "Every time I look at my nails I think of my daughter," Guinness quotes Armstrong. "I think she's my guardian angel."

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