It is my pleasure to introduce you to this woman - Camisha Jones. Camisha is not only a friend of mine, but a client as well. I can remember the days of old when she would get that touch-up and she would tell me that she would literally get headaches as a result of not receiving one. Well, all I could do was laugh and giggle with her - respecting her journey.
Awhile ago she told me that she finally watched Good Hair by Chris Rock and it changed her life. You can read about her personal revelation on her blog. She has decided to end her relationship with relaxers. To top it all off, she allowed me to take a glimpse into her personal journey via her poetry. I have always admired this woman. At the time, she wasn't ready to read it aloud and so she allowed me to read it on paper. It had me tearing up because I knew from whence she came.
"I hadn’t realized how deeply I was conforming to our culture’s belief that only straight hair is beautiful. I had no idea how deeply that belief had taken root in my own heart until I began going natural. On many days I have found myself looking at my fuzzy hair line in the bathroom mirror and thinking, “What am I doing?! My hair is too hard to comb! Too difficult to style! Too…..dare I say it: ugly.” I see myself getting my hair relaxed in my dreams. My scarred sub-conscious sends me messages as I sleep letting me know the influence of this idea of “good hair” is deep."
-Roots of Change, Write the Vision blog
After a recent appointment, I began to tell her how happy I was that she was transitioning and she stopped me dead in my tracks. "Whoa, I'm not really saying that yet." My response was, "Okay". Again, respecting her journey while doing her 'do' without a relaxer brush in hand.
Camisha, thank you for sharing your journey and I look forward to taking this journey with you and reading more from you.
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