4 months natural!! : )

I didnt think I could do it...but apperantly I did I cut my hair after my graduation. Well the rest of the relaxed part because my natural hair was growing out while I kept my weaves in (lol). So anywho today is the first day of september which marks my 4th month with NO RELAXERS OR STRAIGHTENERS! I honestly feel good my hair feels awesome, and I don't regret doing it only that I didnt do this sooner.

Heres a little history about how this all started. When I was a junior in high school I had went to a salon to get my hair done for the upcoming school year, as a junior, and so I went and the lady was so scared of my hair (lol) she said "what have you done to your hair?!". Come to find out all the weaves, gel, hairglues, braids and that stuff I did to my hair really destroyed my hair so she cut off at least 3 inches of my hair : (.

I finally started school and I so didnt want to go to school with my hair that short everybody said it was cute I hated it. So I don't know when I really decide to go natural, but I had decided after I graduated I was going to cut it and go natural.

So here Iam natural when I told some of my friends that I was going natural they were really shocked because they all knew me as "get my hair done twice a week". I was getting tired of doing my hair twice a week (even thought it was reall cute hahaha.)

When I cut my hair after graduation I felt good, I honestly felt free, and I felt like I can now express who I really am God did not create me with straight hair. If He wanted me to have straight hair I think he wouldve givven to me....im glad he didnt.

My hair is soooooo healthy, strong and thick. Its loose curls all over my head and Im loving it! I encourage people to go natural it will be the best descicion ever made. My hair has grown and everytime I look at the oicture of how short I cut it I laugh...I cant beleive I did that.

The couple worth writing about...

Recently I was at the house of the older couple. I mean like old like 50 or 60 old. So anyways I was at there house and they are the sweetest couple I ever met not only did they look like they were in love but their love for God was still going strong.

He would still do little stuff for her around the house like clean or cook and she would do the same for him. Now I always saw them, but I just thought they're old and since they're old they were still together, but I was wrong when I went to their house it was completely different they were still laughing together, having conversations about God, and wherever she was he was and vise versa.

This was amazing to me because for obvious reasons I was raised by my mother only, so to see that kind of love between to people and they were old, it was beautiful. Not to mention their kids who were as loving and kind as their parents. They would sit at the kitchen table and talk and laugh and make fun of each other.

I know to some people your like "so my family does that" but my family didn't me and my brother and sisters did but my mother or father was never there. So you'll probably never understand my view point and how happy I felt to see that there are families still out there who do these kinds of things.

They're never in a rush to do anything and out of their schedules they still have time for their family. To sit down and eat, and to talk. I know God is going to bless that couple not only have they showed me an example of what true love is but they've raised some great children who serve the Lord and walk in His ways I can see God now saying to them "well done thy good and faithful servant."

One night with the king (one of the best movies ever!)

This movie is taken straight from the book of Esther in the Bible (her name means star). It captured not only the love between the king(king Xerexes) and Esther, but courage to stand up for what is right for the persecution of Gods people, even when it might mean losing your own life.

My favorite part in the movie is when Esther goes before the king a second time and they have this conversation filled with meaning and she poured out her heart to him. Now the women who have been coming to him have all been adorned with jewlery I mean ALOT because even if they arent chosen by the king they get to keep it, but Esther who only wore her necklace that her parents gave to her before they died looked very simple, well when it came to the jewlery because her dress was soooo CUTE!

So King Xerexes says to her (paraphrased) "and how come you come with little jewlery do you think that low of yourself?" which makes sense but I think he was just shocked because jewlery didnt appeal to her the kings heart did (which she does say before he proposes!!) But before that Esther says this famous line that I love soo much she takes off her necklace the only remembrance of her parents and the only thing that holds her identity that she's Jewish she holds it out to him and says: "I give you my past, my present and my future" (OMG!!)

Even though King Xerxes took the necklace with no emotion like he didnt care he was kind of in the right seeing that he is a king. And that there were many women seeking to be his bride, but not all were sincere; he was simply gaurding his heart. But eventually at the end of the romantic and oh so lovely conversation he ends up proposing and the wedding was SO BEAUTIFUL!!! not to mention the wedding dress was CUTE!

THIS MOVIE IS A MUST SEE!!!

Graduation [May 16, 2010]

So on May 16 2010 I graduated from high school, what a lot of people thought I couldnt do, especially my guidance counselor...[to God be the glory]

Well it all started when I was a sophomore in high school and I was going through a lot and my gpa was a 1.2 and they were going to kick me out of school because I had so much days absent.

My junior year I noticed how nobody in my family graduated [im one out of eight kids, fifth child] and it was going to happen to me (a generational curse the Bible calls it) so I spoked and prayed against it and beleieved.

Prayer works, thats all I can say because the begining of my junior year my gpa raised up to a 1.9 in one semester and was rising. There was tough times where I felt like I was going to make it...

There I was walking across the stage I did it! with a 2.3 gpa A's and B's some C's better than I ever did in high school and going to college with a 2 year scholarship!!! [Thank you Lord!]

A Chorus Line (the Musical)

So for the first time in high school and my last year of high school I'm in musical theatre, which is fun despite how the other kids act. I got to perform in the musical A Chorus line which was real fun and I got to go see the musical Grease at the Kravis Center which was nice. I played the part of Mike, which for obvious reasons was changed to Michelle. I was the boastful bigger sister who always thought she could do better than her little sister ( "I can do that" my singing number) It was fun working with a choreographer and singing at the same time....which I definitely don't plan on pursuing.



My favorite part of the show of course was my part, but also the end where we have this big dance number and we're all in gold vest, hats, and bows on our necks and we sing the so very familiar and famous song "One singular sensation every little step she takes....One! thrilling combination every move that she makes" and at the very end when were singing: "Shes the one!" we do a chorus line kick. it was great and I will never forget it!

Chorus Kids (reflections)

Santaluces high school has one of the best choruses in the county and yay! I'm apart of it under the direction of Mr. Andreacchio are very loving, funny teacher we all love him he cares so much about us. He picks some neat songs and some till this day I dont like, but overall we had fun with them.

I can't think of a place we've been with the chorus (reflections) that we did not have fun. As this year closes on my last months in highschool I can honestly say I'm going to miss those time that all we did was talk...just about random stuff in class and got nothing done and he got mad so we would do something next class and go right back to talking the next class. Alot of people didn't get along in that class, but we we're one big family.

Im going to miss santaluces Chorus honors (reflections) :' (