I'm BAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!

Hey everyone! That's right i'm back. I have been on a hiatis, for no particular reason. I've just been lazy. I'm trying to get back in the swing of things though.

Updates! My hair grew about 1-1 1/2 inches on my hair growth challenge for the month of November. It has grown some more. I'm now 3 inches in the back, 4 inches in the middle, and 6 inches in the front. That to me is some major progress. I haven't done anything special to my hair in a while, but now i've started using Goganics Head full of hair scalp conditioner. It is AWESOME! It makes my scalp tingle just right. I also found a new leave in. I can't think of what its called right now, but it is awesome too. I just did some mini twist on my hair last night which i hope to let stay in for the rest of the month. We will definitely see how that goes.

The best part about being natural right now is the company I keep. I have 6 friends who are all natural and we are the best support group for one another. I tell you, I absolutely love these ladies! The other night we all got together and shared tips and did each others hair in different natural styles. We call ourselves "Naturally Thankful" because we feel that being "Naturally Thankful" does not just mean that we are all thankful to have natural hair. It's all about being "Naturally Thankful" to God each day He allows us to see another day; each day that He blesses us; each day that he allows us to be a blessing to others. He continually shows us who He is and why He is; His word reminds us that we are all "fearfully and wonderfully made" Psalms 139:14; He made us look the way we look for a purpose and we are learning to love our natural selves. That is what being "Naturally Thankful" is all about.

I am commiting myself to post at least once a week if not twice. God has given me a voice that He feels needs to be heard. I am "Naturally Thankful".

Day 8: New Week, New Me

It's the start of anothe week and I am doing great! I lost 5lbs last week and i'm pushing for another 5 this week. I have actually started off better than I thought. I'm sticking to what I said I was going to do. My mission is still far off in reach, but I can at least see it.

I had a wonderful weekend. I had date night with my hubby, girls night out with my girls, and family dinner at mom and dad's on Sunday. Who could ask for a better weekend. On Saturday, my girls and I went to see "For Colored Girls". My hats off to Tyler Perry for this one. Every female ages 13 on up should see this movie. With every situation in the movie, women can either say that they have been through it or they know somone who has.

The movie made me realize that we all go through something. Just because people are laughing and talking with you doesn't mean that they are not in  storm at that moment. It's a case where you have to laugh to keep from crying.

I'm going into this week expecting a lot of myself. If I want to be a new me I have to do what it takes to get there. I love my natural self. I embrace my nappiness. There will trials and errors in this fight, but i'm willing to go through them to get to where I need to be. With God anything is possible!

Naturally determined

Day 1: I am "fearfully and wonderfully made"

Yesterday morning I was ready to throw in the towel. Already? Really? Yes. I couldn't do anything with my hair and I couldn't get the energy to get going and I was just ready to give up on the first day. I mean, who wants to go through all the ups and downs to acheive a goal? Certainly not me. I have better things to do with my time.

When I got to work, I looked in my box and found a small slip of pink paper. The words on the paper read, "Praise God because you are fearfully and wondrfully made", Psalms 139:14. These words sank deep into my spirit. I am fearfully and wonderfully made? Me? What makes me so special?

 This scripture came right on time. All the troubles of the morning seemed to not matter anymore and I decided right then that giving up is not an option. God made me! That's what makes me special! Duhhhhh....I get it. He made me in His image therefore I am "fearfully and wonderfully made". I love me and at the end of the day that's all that matters. I have learned to embrace the natural me. I am beautiful. I am........

Naturally Determined

My mission

I am finally determined. I realized that I have a mission to carry out and no one can do it but me. I decided early on to seek God's guidance on this one. You see, I've tried it before, but to no avail I did not succeed. I start out good everytime...thinking that this is going to be the time when I complete my mission and then....kablewey! Everything comes to a crashing halt. 

It's nobody's fault but my own. 

Well this time i'm taking a different approach to things. This time i'm gonna make it happen for me and only me. I decided to start this blog because of my mission. I figured it would help me to be able to vent to my computer and a bunch of people I don't know everyday. I'm asking God to give me the strength, stamina and endurance to run this race so that I can meet the new me at the finish line.

My mission........to embrace the real me. Point blank. I'm tired of looking at this person in the mirror everyday. The person whom I always thought I wanted to be and had convinced myself that I was. I love myself and am finding out more everyday that I love my natural self. So i'm going to truly start maintaining my natural self- hair, skin, weight(this is really a biggie), mind, body, soul.

Naturally Determined