My Twa....

I found a photo of my TWA!!!!

Damn I thought I had lost it forever!

Ok this is what my hair looked like in July 2008, after I visited a hair salon and spent $145 having my hair cut. I remembered everyone looking at me like I was nuts! I remember my mother and sister not being supportive of my hair. I remember the comments, the looks, the "suggestions", I also remember feeling alone. I remember having a love/hate relationship with my new hair. I remember feeling helpless because Miss Jessies products weren't working for me but they worked FINE when my stylist used them. I remember washing and styling my hair five times IN ONE DAY and each time my hair looked worse. I remember that hate I felt towards my hair, I remember feeling like the ugliest thing in the world. I remember visiting the Miss Jessies web site and trying every style tutorial thinking it was going to work this time. I remember a man(black) saying: " That shit looks ugly". I remember crying in the bathroom hating my hair, hating myself. I remember calling my cousin in tears because I wanted her to put extensions in my hair after only wearing my fro for two weeks. I remember being unhappy with my hair.

That time had the be the most trying two weeks of my life. I'm happy I'm in a better place today, even though I haven't FULLY embraced my naps, I'm getting there.

Sidebar: Maybe I should count July 2009 as my Nappiversary? Or Jan, my hair re-birth? Hmmmm.

Nappiness Leads to Happiness!