Natural Hair Rocks

at the beginning of February, i (FINALLY) went to the salon and told the hairdresser not to straighten my hair after washing and deep-conditioning it.  i was afraid of facing breakage, not being able to manage my curls, having a style fail on me...there were so many things keeping me from doing this sooner.

but i have never loved my hair more.  it's been a definite learning process--talking to friends who made the transition from relaxed/straightened to natural, poring over forums and blogs devoted solely to the subject, arguing with my mother about how her thoughts that this would be disastrous weren't quite rational...the list goes on.  below are some pictures of my hair in the past month.