I feel like I have been on a "hair journey" my whole life. So we will go through the time line.
From ages 8-11
I started as a little girl with this thick big hair. Then came...the Jheri Curl. So dreadful. From there I got...the Leisure Curl...equally dreadful...from there I got a perm. This all started around 8 or 9. Most of my life there was some type of creamy crack on my awesome hair.
Ages 12-18
When I got to high school, I discovered weave. I would go from weaves, to perms, to texturizers all in a couple of months. I had fun, different styles, cuts, colors. People always said I couldn't "decide" on my hair.
Ages 18-21
Once I got to college, I realized short hair was my thing. I for the most part wore my hair either in a low Cesar fade or in a short texturized style. I had no idea at that point that I could wear my own hair and it would eventually get curly on its own. I would use Scurls and all different kinds of products to achieve my curly short looks
Age 22-24
I moved to DC and let my hair grow out. Not long, maybe a chin length bob, then I cut it off and rocked a short style (Halle Berry) for a couple of years. It was cute, I did my own perms and cuts during this time.
Ages 24-27
I started working at the barbershop. One day, I decided, I'm going back to my fade and it was the best decision I made. My stock went WAY up once this was done. Something about a hot smoking hot chick with a fade that drives em wild, lol.
Ages 28-29
After I completed the 40 mile Avon Walk and shortly met my soon to be husband, I decided to let my hair grow out again. With the help of texturizers and then eventually back to perms, my hair grew. I got preggo during this time, and my front was the longest it had been in a long time. Then after the baby, the post pardum shredding got to me.
Age 29
I cut it all off again! I know, I'm random as hell. Back to my fad and back to loving me. I just started a new job and wanted a fresh look. Lil K would touch my bald head and her head and look in wonderment like...wtf mom!
Age 30
I made the decision to go natural. Although I had many spurts of my life where I was natural and totally shaved, I wanted to see what that looked like with hair on top. My journey began because Lil K, as she rounded 2 years old, started to wonder why I didn't look like her. Little girls relate their hair to their mom as with everything else. I wanted to learn, as I learned about how to take care of her hair in its big thick natural state, how I could do the same for me. I've never been one for long hair, but I got intrigued with blogs and youtubes about how to grow your hair and things to do for yourself. My intrigue turned to addiction and has evolved into...This Moment.
Taking this journey has been so enlightening. I've learned how to manage her hair better and I've for the first time in my life (since I was a little little girl), can see my natural hair. I see my hair makes pretty rings of curls, and that naps are just curls waiting to form. I learned and am learning so much about my patience and being in tune with what my body and hair react to. This journey has been about so much more than hair...its been about me. I'm relishing in This Moment.
