My mom has two sisters and they each had one daughter. So us three daughters are first cousins. One is dark brown-skinned with very thick, just below shoulder-length hair, the other is medium brown-skinned with thin (but healthy) bra-strap to waist-length hair, and I am light-skinned and have not been able to reach shoulder-length (naturally) since I was a little girl. My hair is thick but not as thick as my cousin's. I mentioned our skintones because I always thought it was interesting that our skin-tones and hair were all so different. Anyway, I don't think I was ever jealous but I always wondered why oh why couldn't I have long hair too. I don't think I even ever let myself accept how much this bothered me. Hopefully with the help of LHCF I will finally reach a length I can be proud of.