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| August 2009…… |
All I can say is “Wow…time flies!’.
Last year on my 3rd “Nappiversary”, I wrote a long, reflective piece about my journey. This year all of those things are still true, but this post is going to be very short.
It’s not that I don’t love my hair, it’s just that I’m not as eager to “celebrate” as I was when I hit the 3 year mark. I think that year was the turning point for a lot of things for me, so that might have had something to do with it.
I tell people that I’m on a “fun-journey” with my hair. I just want to enjoy it. It’s one of the ways I keep from being bored.
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| The most recent pic (August 2013) |
I’ve been feeling the need for a change a lot lately. For starters, my shape has grown out and I’m sure I made it worse with my recent snipping episode. Let’s see what I do next after I remove these Crochet braids.
On another note, I missed Day 14 of the #31Writenow challenge, but I’m going to keep going. I’m determined to finish even if I miss a few days.
This picture drew me in. You are so beautiful! Inside and out. As you know I’m still transitioning. Thank you so much for all your support.
Thank you so much Jemy!
Happy (very late) Nappiversary! Oh, I know what you mean about settling in after a while with your hair. Anyways, you hair has grown so much and it is so lovely!
Thank you NS 🙂 I so feel you. I feel like I didn’t take the time to embrace my TWA so I’ve been wanting to start all over, plus I need a change. Short hair has it’s advantages 🙂
Hey! Happy belated Nappiversary! Here’s my story: I big chopped in February of 2011 after two months of transitioning. I had about as much hair as you in your lovely picture. I let it grow out for almost two years. I grew tired of not seeing my length (I was NOT embracing the shrinkage) and very tired of twisting every night, but still loved being natural. So I got a cut. It was a tapered cut. Short in the back, longer at the top, but I still twisted the top, for a twistout effect. I remembered how much I loved the TWA stage when I didn’t have enough hair to twist at all. So I went to the barber with my husband and decided to cut it back down. I love my hair this short. I will keep it low for a while. I’m going to the barber right when I take out these twists!
Thank you 🙂 I like that…”just hair period”. lol. Your hair is gorgeous and you did a great job with retention. I need to break up with my shears, because long twists in a lazy bun sound so go to me right now 🙂
Wow Happy Anniversary! I Big chopped in 9/2009 so my 4 year is coming up too! I completely agree with this post. The longer you are natural you do lose some of that giddy 24/7 natural hair obsession! I recently went through a thing were I was wondering what I wanted to strive for next just to keep the journey exciting for me. I do want to get to a place where I am just wearing my hair and enjoying it as my hair, and the focus not be on “natural hair so much” but just this is my hair period. Do what I do, and go! no news flash etc. I’ve never really been focused on length just health. So now that I have all of that figured out and it’s naturally retaining, I am focusing on actively retaining length. Because I have a desire to were my hair in long twists that I can wear in a bun 24/7! 🙂
Aww, thanks hon. I wish I took more time to enjoy my TWA as well. Wow..that’s a long time. Do you ever consider cutting them?
Yaasss! Congrats, pretty lady. Your BC is how I wish mine had been. I transitioned and never had a chance to experience a true TWA. I’m 5+ yrs in with these dreads and still going strong.