At first I wasn't going to write about this, because I felt I have touched on it before, but after talking to the BF and seeing as how I've been neglecting my beloved blog, I figured I'd give it a go AGAIN.
When I was in elementary school, not any older than 10 or 11, I wrote this song called I'm not going back. The lyrics talked about a woman or girl for that matter, who was not going back to the way things used to be. In the song she was talking about not going back to a bad relationship. I'm still amazed at how my young mind conceived concepts that are so relevant to the lives of women I know now.
Well for a while I applied that song to my hair. For a while I did not think about going back to a relaxer. But now my song has changed. As I'm approaching my 2 year natural hair anniversary (Dec 24th), I can't help but think about the blunted bob I want to get and how it would look nice with relaxed hair.
The goal of this journey was to get locks. I got the locks, I didn't want to keep them, now I'm in this limbo. Should I or shouldn't I?
Only time will tell......More details to come
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I think that we all go through the mental processes regarding our hair and body.
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You look great.
If you have the locks, take photos of them, celebrate them as long as you can, do different styles with them too. Play with wigs for a while.
It's one of those things where you have to go with what makes you feel good in your soul, real deep down.
The natural hair movement is a very powerful one, and when you want to go back to relaxing, you may not get the best response, but that is your hair on your head.
Make sure that whatever you do, you take very good care of your hair, or have a stylist that cares about you. Hair is hair. You can change it whenever you wish. That is the beauty of it all.
Best wishes.
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Helen
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IMHO locks limit hair options. At least with just curly natural hair you can straighten it once and a while. The good news is, from what i was told, you can pick out your locs and move from there. I wouldnt go relaxed cause what was the point of the journey if you are just going to go back to stripping your hair of health.
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