Decisions, Decisions

So I have wanted to grow locks for a while now. I can remember telling my ex....Babe I want locks, and him looking at me half crazy and saying "you better not cut your hair to start them!" As much as I laughed at this threat in the back of my mind for me, cutting my hair off was the one thing keeping me from starting my locks. I've had short hair before.....Many, many times I have sat in the chair and said cut it off! As many times as those words have came out of my mouth, my hairdresser (either my sister or mom) knew that I was not referring to a buzz cut, but merely an above the ear kind of cut, that may be tapered in the back. How was I going to have my locks without cutting this perm off my head?? That was the question that made me stall taking my natural journey. I've had at least 3 of my friends to the BC (big chop) during my undergraduate years, but Kim Grace just could not wrap her head around it. After I moved to LA, during graduate school, I gained more independence. I gained a more, Cartman from South Park mentality "Whatever! I'll do what I want!" So the week of my 5th year high school reunion (the second one) I decided I would get my last relaxer. My last chemical straightener.....I was giving up a stable bimonthly process in my life, but I wanted something else. The months ahead of this decision were filled with a lot of ups and downs........but it's what makes me who I am now....More details to come....

>>>>This is what the last relaxer looked like