I know my topics here are very random but this is a version of therapy for me. I see someone for my craziness twice a month and this was suggested as a way of finding a way to saying things and not worrying about if someone is hearing me or not. So lets get on with it.
I have been going natural since May 2013 and as of February 2014 I'm completely natural. In case you are wondering yes I am a black woman. When my hair is stretched or straightened it reaches my shoulders but when its dry I have to deal with shrinkage all of the time. I'm currently attempting to get up for my last few days of work (check previous post) and my hair is curled tights and sitting just below my ears.
For the longest time I though my hair was nappy like so many others say about their hair but it wasn't until I actually started letting my natural hair grow out that I realized I don't have nappy hair, I have curly and coiled hair. I've been told all of my life that I have good hair and I still don't know what that means. I've always thought hair was hair there are just many different textures and feels to it. I grew up believing that if my hair wasn't straight then it wasn't right and then I saw the documentary Black Girls and everything they said kind of clicked home for me.
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that relaxed hair is wrong at all, for a long time it made my hair easier to manage. What I'm actually trying to say is Relaxers no longer work for me. My scalp was suffering and my hair wasn't growing as well anymore. I was starting to have some real issues and then one day I said no more, I'm done. Some days I think about get it relaxed and other days I think about shaving it off. I'm going to see this through though
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