A day I have never dreaded

It has been years in the yearning.

I started my dreads this past week.

We are slowly adding them. I say "slowly," because I am doing them and involving my kids as much as they like. My chocolate girls, in particular, are a vital part of this process. I tell them I love their hair, just exactly the way it is. I hug their braids as they pile down from their scalp. I giggle with them when they stick up after a good night's sleep. I love feeling that puffy goodness, which turns and flips in all different directions.

And now I reflect that beauty.

So many other reasons for locking my hair ... many of which involve a simplified lifestyle, and no longer being enslaved to my roots.

So, there you go. My big hair announcement.




Happy Monday.