My Hair Story~Why It's such a big deal

There has been a lot of 'natural' hair buzz within the last few weeks due to a few celebrities cutting their hair and deciding to wear it short.  Living in this America culture, you can't help but notice that yes, hair is a big deal.  From the daily maintenance to color choice to hair length and texture; hair is a big deal.  And in the Black culture it is big deal and then some. 
When I cut my hair almost six years ago and decided to go all natural; it was a big deal to me as well..After one too many tight braid jobs and not wanting to put yet another expansive and mind altering 'perm' on my scalp (Imean head) I was like okay I quit...no more 'trying' to straighten my hair; I'm going natural...it's time for locs. I was tired of trying to convince my hair to be something that it wasn't.. After years of 'processing' and pressing my hair; it was time for it's liberation!

And I'm lucky to have hair to liberate... I have had so many bad experiences with my hair that I am lucky I have any left.  One time in particular happend when I was around 6 years old.  My mom and her sidekick (My Aunt) decieded to give me 'my first perm'.  Off to the store they went and when they returned; they began their first science project (me).   

MY FIRST PERM????

These two creole women had no idea what to do with my 'black hair'...but hey..we gonna perm it'..or so they thought...So they follow the instructions on the box...and by the time they got to the rolling part; they still hadn't realize maybe something was wrong; Oh no, 'Her hair so Nappy, the 'perm' won't even take!", they laughed to themselves...What we gonna do with this? The talked amongst themselves like I wasn't in the room.. Well. I don't know at what point they REALIZED that they had got THE WRONG KIND OF PERM for my 'black hair.???  You see, I needed a RELAXER...not a perm.  Perms are what the white women use to CURL their hair...and you see we were kind of going for the opposite affect... Ummm. Oh, We got the WRONG kind!!!  They laughed??.. No wonder it's not working???  Ugh..You have GOT to be kidding right??  So off to the store they went..again to get the relaxer... Same day; let's try this again. WTH!!!

Looking back... I am lucky hair still grows on my head!! Hair is such a big deal; especially when you don't know what you doing.