Naturally True To This : How It Alll Started

   I transitioned for 7 to 8 months, I was just soo sick of relaxed hair and also the stretching process, I also was soo conscience of my split ends because they were soo noticeable, and after my hair got about SL i just got plaiinn lazzyyy lmao, i would Ponytail it for months on endd! It was alsoo alot of work to take care of to me, with the heat, protective styles, AND lets not forget the $$$ at the salon to get it done, it was just too pricey and couldnt afford it, but at the same time I was HORRIBLE at self relaxing so it was kind of like a lose/ lose for me lol. Also, I felt the longer I streched, the less I could do with my hair, I was always tempted to just get a perm but I knew I couldnt give in. I stretched for a 4 month period once and I remember just looving my new growth and constantly playing with it. I then started doing research on youtube and other natural blogs and i starting learning about natural hair, soo from then I decided to transition 4 more months then bc on my birthday.
    I told my loved ones and close friends I was going to chop all my hair off but NONE of them believed me. They all thought I was joking. I thought it over plenty of times, growing up I have always kept my hair in horrible condition. I had and afro before but didnt like it due to cruel comments and insecurities, soo I promised myself when I grew my hair I would never cut it. Soo at that moment I thought and this is what really made me go natural:
If i can go back to a place in my life where I had a flaw that made me feel absolutely horrible, turn it around and rock it with confidence, why wouldn't I? To me going natural was going back and accepting something that once made me soo insecure, It was gaining the confidence I never had.
    So on My 17th birthday I chopped it all off and NEVER looked back, At first i looked just like my brother Lmaoo no lie, but after I threw some earrings in and added my flower, It was only up from there. But i absolutely love my natural hair. I have legit never had this much confidence in my life, and yes I got alllottt of haters, but slowly but surely the ones that mattered grown to love it and now they couldnt imagine me without it lol
   I am now 18 months relaxer free and 10 months natural, I would have more growth but I got my hair evened out around July 2011,you can basically call it my 2nd BC. soo from looks I have about 8 months of growth, which isn't bad at all to me.