I have to admit, I'm not trying to grow my hair only for the "right" reasons (or probably not right to others
).
Part of me just wants to prove my family wrong, since they were the main perpetrators of all of the hair horrors I went through growing up. They are the ones who told me my hair was bad, gave me horrible chemical treatments, and made fun of me when things didn't work out, and I ended up to' up from the flo' up. So it feels good to have more hair than most of them, I'll admit.
I know I must sound so bitter, it's usually not that deep on a day-to-day basis. My hair journey has been fun, and I love my natural hair. It's just kind of fun to show off at family reunions, while my family members try to figure out when I acquired Dat Gud Hurr!