I'm a natural hair enthusiast. I have been sans relaxer for almost 2 years. I thought going natural would either be terribly hard or terribly easy. It is neither, it is facinatingly normal. Don't get me wrong, there is an empowerment from being able to say that one's hair is beautiful in and of itself, to wear it in public with pride knowing that the REAL you is displayed. There's nothing like it. And there are many emotional steps that flood over you as you let go of the straight hair standard we've all been taught. When I say that being natural is normal...I mean that you get used to waking in the morning and knowing that your hair won't be the major issue that it used to be.
Last year sometime, I realized that when I had a perm I stayed on a 4 week time line. Each day in the mirror brought me closer and closer to touch-up time. I had to adjust each day to newer tigher curls/kinks. I dreaded washing my hair that first week because it wouldn't be as straight once I dried it. The initial relaxation (as I called it) was gone, now was the time for flat irons and intense heat to camouflage my curls. At the time they were unwanted kinks, now I can honestly look in the mirror and welcome each new curl, wave, kink and nap, I can say "I'm glad you're here." That's what I mean by normal --acceptance.
This is just part of my hair story, please share some of yours.
