hair raising experience

[caramelhoney01]

i've always loved natural hair!!! i look back now and wonder why i caved into what society thought was right ,instead of what i knew was right for me.? i used to relax my hair and put in a natural sew in, in the form of a fro!! what in gods name was i thinking??? the closer i got to god the more i realized i am just as he wanted me to be!!! he made me perfect in his eyes because he doesnt make any mistakes because GOD is perfect!!!! so why was i trying to change this crown that sat straight up on my head that he placed there hair by hair!!!??? seems silly now, but the older i got the clearer that message became to me. on august 1st 2007 i had my last taste of creamy crack!! my hair was thin and very short in some spots! and i got to thinking,my hair is thick!! what is this!!!???? at that moment i realized that my days of relaxing were over!!! at that moment it was like a relief for me. i cant explain the calmness that i felt!! i placed my hair in individual tiny skinny braids(i now know them as sister loc's) i did co-washes and deep conditions while retaining this style. fast forward to december 30th 2007. i always do something for myself at the end of the year to signify a change for the coming year,so what better time than the present to do the big chop!!! i did it and did it quickly,i was so happy i was giggling to the point my kids came to see what i was laughing about!!! my youngest daughter whose 16 almost cussed1!! she said" mom!!! what the he, i mean heck did you do?" she started yelling for everybody in the house(while i continued to laugh even louder) somethings wrong with mom!! she cut off all her hair" i hadnt cut it all off, it was hard to grip for an experienced braider but it was managed and put into some funky black&platinum kinky twist!! i've been natural every since. my son had went natural august 2007 and my daughter hasnt had a relaxer either since august 2007 although she never did the big chop she has been keeping her hair braided all year long. and she couldnt be happier about her hair growth!! and my son had loc's with strawberry blonde tips!!! i've never felt so free!! i love just being ME!!! nothing more,nothing less. just free to be me!! what a totally exilerating experience!!!!!! in the words of flavor flav, wwwwoooooooooowwwww!!! (lol!)

[caramelhoney01]

so here it comes ladies!!!! spring 2009!! time to start shedding that winter coat we gained in these last few months!! time to start to refresh and renew ourselves. it's time to recreate ourselves into new and improved creatures of this earth. isnt that always the goal... to be better than we were last year? to learn from our mistakes and move forward to be better beings? well that's definately my goal. no matter what your goal it's time to live life pay attention to ourselves and really dig deep and get to know the real YOU! love,appreciate and cherish you baby!!! because if you dont who will??!!GOD gave YOU that temple to take care of now, this is a call to all my nbb beauties! we've been up and running for a while and we should have more members and more topics posted!!! i ask of all of you to just introduce 3 people you know to nbb and let's get this party started! and let's get 2009 crackin! baby you only live once let's make it a good one!! none of us are promised tommorrow so let's just L-I-V-E !!!!!