I'm Here

Anybody glad to be here? I am as I bless the name of the Creator for allowing me to see another year! Our health and strength are all a direct, unquestionable blessing from God. Here's a treat to remind you of the mercy and grace He bestows on us without measure!

Be proud to be the best of who God created you to be. Saaaang our testimony, Fantasia!

Tired of Perms

Meet Shayla. She did the big chop about three months ago. Look at all of her natural beauty that was hidden under a perm. She's absolutely gorgeous and NATURAL. She's sure to be an inspiration to many.

This is Lexi. She's been locked since 1999. She too had enough of perming and decided to wear her hair naturally.

One lady says that she'll wear her loose hair natural and the other has been locked for 11 years and committed to locking for life. With all this freedom and versatility why don't we take Whitney's advice that crack (creamy crack that is) is whack. Preach, Whitney... http://youtube.com/watch?v=ytJpZguSy2U. ;-)

Locs and What They Mean to You

Bilal is a part of the Nappiology meetup group and granted Hannah Ranay an interview about his locs.

OC is in the 2nd video and shares some info about his locs with us.

In their videos, they mentioned that this is both their second set of locs and why they cut their old locs and why they started over. That leads me to this question. What do your locs mean to you? Do they represent patience and devotion? Are they tied to a specific relationship or life situation? Feel free to comment and share your thoughts.

Hannah Ranay As Featured on Creyole's Blog

I haven't posted any pics of myself to this blog until now, because I'm having camera drama. I'll download some pics shortly of the beginning of my journey. Unil then, check out Creyole's blog http://creyole.blogspot.com/2007/12/another-sda-sister-locked-up.html to get the 411 on my hair journey.

I will give you the jest. This pic was taken circa 4 months braidlocked. I am a die-hard do-it-yourselfer. I've been doing hair seems like since I was born so I decided to do my own install. I have approximately 430 babies on my head. This style was a braid out bang and bun updo.

I wish I had locked 20 years ago. I love my hair and the evolution it brings not only in and of itself, but IN me!

Ever Had A Dream?

Oh my, Gosh! The word dream is so powerful to me. It is uncontainable! It has no boundaries or limits except: Y-O-U. We limit and stifle ourselves by thinking small, being small and yes dreaming small! I am blessed to have the gift to dream big and the passion to bring my dreams to the realm we exist. What are my dreams? I dream of freedom to live my passion. I dream of my children being forerunners for their generation and being even bigger dreamers than me. I dream of my family being givers and not takers. Leaving this world better than we found it. My dreams aren't built around accumulating great wealth in the monetary sense because I know that I can have that if I want it and it will come in due time. Instead, I find greater satisfaction in living a life of order and dreaming about building character and being better, wiser and stronger.

I dreamt my hair free before it ever became my reality! Here is Goapele in an awesome video where the lyrics are contagious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRSMaCjCjw You'll be singing this song all day and hopefully it will help propel you closer to your dream; whatever they are. By the way, she's rocking some fierce locs!

INSANITY

Insanity has been said to be defined as "doing the same thing expecting different results". Whether you are in the cycle of perming, shedding, breaking and cutting like I was. Or you are in an abusive relationship that you think you deserve... be inspired by this great video from Oprah's Gospel Brunch were celebrities spontaneously sing "Changed"! Hold on to your seat if you've never seen it before or better yet, let your seat go and shout the victory. Be Changed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC4qVQA4Qrg

DFW Sisterlocks Gathering3/29/08

Yesterday I had the wonderful pleasure of attending the DFW Sisterlocks Gathering. IT WAS WONDERFUL. I had the opportunity to meet some of the wonderful women I had lurked for so long in the blog world.

Blaqkofi is as beautiful and vivacious as she appears to be online and her locs are off-the-chain! Tra is simply gorgeous and sassy. Though we've met while out-and-about in the city a couple of times, she is a hoot and I loved the conversation. Sisterlockadoration is so sweet and was my final inspiration for locking because we were both about the same length. Her locs are exquisite. Creyole is my church sister and always the inspiration. Love ya, girl! I could go on and on but is was quite refreshing to be in the company of other sophisticated ladies who are comfortable in their own skin and locs! My camera died recently so I don't have pics, but click on the ladies above and I'm sure they will have pics posted soon!