Tuesday, May 26, 2009

It happened this morning...

I shared this with my friends over at Black Hair Media when I got to work this morning and wanted to post it here as well.



I woke up this morning, walked into my bathroom, took off my satin bonnet, looked in the mirror and ....I smiled! I didn't say,"What am I going to do with this front??" I looked at the mirror and I was happy with my jacked up front (gotta love shear happy gals) and the way it was smushed to my head. And y'all...it happened, I cried. I just stood there and cried. I was happy, I felt GREAT, I was looking at ME. Just ME. And it felt amazing!! I decided that I wasn't going to do the frohawk today (but I WILL mslitta!!!). I was doing ME today. Rocking my curly fro and loving it!!

So, I hopped in the shower, co-washed my hair, plopped it with my CurlEase towel and I was done. I slapped some aloe vera gel in it to keep it from frizzing up while it dried, shook my head from side to side and smiled. Like this!! =>Big%20smile <= I put on my silver hoops, my new lip gloss and was HAPPY. HAPPY with ME, just me. D@mn this feels good, it feels AMAZING!!!

I get to work, I'm walking down the hall to my office and the Speech/Language Pathologist was walking ahead of me (in the same direction) so she hadn't seen me yet. I called out to her, "Good morning." She turns around, greets me with wide eyes and a big smile and says, "I LOVE YOUR HAIR!" I said, "THANK YOU!!," showing EVERY tooth in my mouth at the same time. Then, I turned to my daughter and BEAMED some more! And she returned the smile. Big%20smile



Here are some updated pics..not the greatest ones, but I'm working on that. Can't seem to find the right lighting. *sigh* At any rate...the first one is me trying to put some flat twists in the front of my hair and the others are self explanatory. The curls in the front are A LOT smaller than the ones in the back, but I love them all!. Big%20smile Hope to have better pictures soon.












Toodles!

14 comments:

  1. OMJ!!! I know I know you are waiting for a pic on the blog....well right now I have to make a run.....but.....I left you a little treat on BHM!!!!

    Smooches

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  2. You know I've been over there and peeped you out!! Your hair is BEAUTIFUL!!! I absolutely love it!!! We're representing for the Carolinas!!!

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  3. Good Lawd your hair is beautiful. Why relax in the first doggone place!

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  4. Thank you for the compliment. I relaxed for the same reasons as many other pre-adolescent girls. It was my mother's choice because my hair was so different from hers (and I had a lot of it) , it was a rite of passage, and the reasons go on and on... But I'm just "me" now. :<)

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  5. HEY HUNN JUST STOPPING BY SHOWING YOUR BLOG SOME LOVE...GOTTA SAY WE LOVE YOUR HAIR WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL OUR GROWS BACK!! KEEP IT UP ITS AMAZING!!


    **YANTAN**

    COME STOP BY SOMETIME... ;-P

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  6. Congratulations on the BC. You have lovely hair. I love my natural hair just the way it is also... it's been 4 years for me and I haven't come down. Just wondering way more of my family wont take the journey with me. I found your blog from fabhairproject.
    -lisajames96

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  7. Thanks for coming by YanTan and thank you for the lovely compliment! *hugs* I'll have to come check you all out! I hope you're loving your journey!!

    ~OMJ

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  8. Hi Lisa!
    Thanks so much for coming by Lisa! I can't wait until I can say it's been 4 years for me!!! See you over on FHP! I really like it over there!

    Don't be a stranger!

    ~OMJ

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  9. Your hair is beautiful!!!
    And I love being natural myself :) I'll be 1 year natural as of next week. Please check out my blog and follow me!!! I have great goodies 4 excellent prices!!! Thanks let me know what you think.

    I would appreciate it!

    "Natural Girls Rock"

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  10. LinzMary,
    Thank you for the compliment and for stopping by! I have to get back to updating here on a regular basis. I will certainly stop by your blog and see your goodies. :<)

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  11. Thank you so much Izzy! That's very sweet of you!

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  12. Your hair is just beautiful! Congrats on your bc. :-)

    www.hairgurl.com

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