Ah! Texture....For years I hated my
hair....In my eyes it was nappy, dry, ugly and needed to be corrected. I am from
a Christian background where we are taught that God made us the way he wanted
us, and therefore no corrections are needed. It's funny that I was taught by my
grandmother that God makes no mistakes but she is part of the reason that I had
such a complex with my hair.
1st there were the tight ponytails
packed with product to make my hair shine and lay like a wet dog.
2nd there was the infamous
"Jerry Curl" or "S-Curl" as some would call it that actually made some people
think that they had what some referred to as "Good hair", but who were they
fooling?...Themselves?
3rd there was the straightening
comb/Hot comb, sizzle...sizzle...sizzle as my SCALP burned to a crisp from the
mounds of petroleum, palms sweaty from the fear of being burned and my granny
fussing "If you don't wanna be burned you better sit still girl"!
4th the
relaxer....umph...umph...umph....Sitting at the hair salon for hours, hiding
from rain, steam....hell any kind of moisture for that matter, burning scalp,
chemical burn and product build up.....and most importantly MY HAIR WOULD NOT
GROW.(it would grow to just under my ear, and no further).... But nobody around
me not even the stylist suggested that MAYBE just MAYBE it could be the
chemicals.....Instead they lead me to believe that I had bad hair, as if the
good lord above made a mistake and there is just no
hope!...WHY?...WHY???
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