Inspiration and Motivation

I'm sure as many of you fellow natural ladies already know...the natural journey is not always an easy one. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to cultivate a healthy head of full, thriving natural hair no matter your texture or hair type. As you all know, I recently had to start all over again with my own natural journey when I regressed back to chemicals, which ended quickly and badly. Since then it has been rough. I've had my good days and my bad days. The Hubby can certainly tell you guys how frustrated I have been with myself. I really miss my old natural hair that took forever to detangle, twist, braid or whatever. Now I just really wish that I was back in those days when I had to wash my hair in sections and it took 30 to 45 minutes to detangle it especially if I slept with it loose the night before. I'm definitely living proof that you may not know what you've got until it's gone. I've really been getting even more frustrated now that my hair is back at that TWA stage when it's not really an full out afro, but it's also too long and thick for those cute little tiny curls from just a couple of months ago. You know, the dreaded middle stage. I'm having a harder time with it this time around than last time because I've already grown my natural hair where I wanted it to be, but then I messed it up so sometimes I feel like what's the point. I've even thought about just getting it relaxed, tapered, curl it and see some length. However, I know in my heart that's not what I want. I can't go back to being a slave to the relaxer, afraid to sweat, scared to go outside on humid or rainy days going back to flat, boring, straight hair after living for over two years with my natural hair. This album is all about what inspires and motivates me to continue my natural journey hopefully for the rest of my life this time because I'm at a point in my life when I just want to be me, the true me, the natural me that God molded me to be, not Society's fake version of what I should look like that comes out of a jar. For a brief moment, when unfortunately I decided to get a curly perm, I forgot that. This album is here so I can visit it anytime I need to remember it. I made a promise to myself that whenever I think about doing something crazy to my hair that I know I'll regret then I'll come here because I can even get on fotki on my cell phone. Anyone else who may be struggling with their own hair journey or undecided about whether or not being natural is right for you then please feel free to come here, too. :o)