I missed my 1 year Anniversary - Yikes!!!

I can't believe I missed my one year. Well, actually I can. I have been slack, as you can see, of maintaining my hair journey blog. So here I am one year and almost 2 months into my journey and it's been a wonderful journey thus far.

Now, I can't say that everyday has been a great one. I haven't been in love with my locs the whole time, but for the most part it's been a joy. I have learned a lot about myself, the main thing is that I am very very impatient but can committ. There were a few days when I thought of taking the locs out, cutting them off, and starting all over or permining my hair. I've seen sisters wit beautuful naturals and wanted that freedom of style back. I've seen so many of our formerly natural sister celebrities that have gone back to permed styles; Heather Headley, Jill Scott (not sure if they were wigs or not), Jennifer Hudson, to name a few, and wondered if going back to a mainstream style was what I needed to do for my career as well. I was able to stand strong though even when friends, co-workers and sometimes family wondered "So what exactly are you doing with your hair?" or "So when you take that out, what do you do with it?" I learned to take it all in stride and pridefully answer their prying and often uneducated questions with a smile on my face, even on the not so good hair days.

So here I am, a year and almost two months into my journey and there's so much going on in my life besides just my hair. I just turned 42 and celebrated with a trip to Toronto. I've been to a few islands in the past, but this was the first trip where I was required to have a passport. Yeah, I got my first stamp ya'll. Then just the other day I walked in my first 10K, the 39th Annual Peachtree Road Race. My girlfriends and I finished the 6.2 miles in 1 hour and 40 minutes. Averaging a 16 minute mile, which I can honestly say is my personal best. I'm looking forward to my next 10k and beating that time.

And to top everything off, my babies are doing great. I did get a little scissor crazy one day, but they are growing and look and feel very healthy.