To chop or not to chop

So, I know lots of women who wrestle with the question of the BIG CHOP.

I gave it serious consideration.

Did I really want to cut off all my hair? All at once?

How would that look? How would I look? Would I like how I looked?

Did I have the patience to wait out long months of transition?

People who know me will tell you many things about me. I possess some really good qualities (thanks Nana!). Patience is not one of them. sigh.

What I did was get a really short cut....my hair was still relaxed. But I worked an ultra-short do for a little while. As it started to grow out, I did not relax it but rather kept the edges well-trimmed. I experimented with various ways to comb it. Toward my face, away from my face...you know how we do!

Gradually, the new growth altered the style of the cut until it was no more....

Then a funny thing happened. I started to feel like the old relaxed growth was blocking my new do!

Girls, I dug around until I found the case I keep the clippers in. I bought clippers years ago to keep my son's hair from getting crazy.

I barricaded myself in the bathroom and commenced to freeing my new do.

I tried the largest clipper guide and worked my way down. Just a bit, so I could see new beginnings. Sure, I left some of the relaxed hair, but not much....

2 weeks later, I was at it again. Me and those clippers, in the bathroom.

I used the guide that would remove, once and for all, all the relaxed growth.

I felt like I had sprouted wings, had removed the chains, had come out of my cocoon!

I was free.

And I love it!