(Life has been so full this past 9 months. I didn't mean to
take a sabbatical from the blog world. I am hoping to
return & record our family fun experiences for our records & to update family
& friends on our life.)
I am learning to be content in whatever situation I am
in. Bottom line, put my focus on my
Lord.
Today I am thanking God for making me the way He made
me. Psalms. 139:14 “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully
made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
I have struggled with this area
through out my life. God blessed me with
natural curly hair. After about 16 years
of despising my curly locks, I learned to love them. I dreamed of having long beautiful straight
hair... hair that I could run my fingers through… all the stunning hair styles
throughout the years that I would never be able to have. My mom had straight hair & did not know
how do fix my hair. Needless to say, I
had an afro for many years. I hated
it! You may think that hate is to
strong, but I tell you, I would cry so many times of how my hair looked so
bushy. I didn’t like looking at myself
in the mirror or in pictures.
When I was 12, God brought a girl
into my life, Andrea. She had beautiful
perfect curls. She was a few years older
than I was & took me under her wing.
She very kindly asked me if I wanted to have a spa day. Oh yea!
I asked her if she thought I could have hair as pretty as hers…her
response “oh, I hope your hair won’t look like mine, girl. Your hair is so much
prettier than mine.” The transformation
began. She told me that I had to let my
hair air dry & use lots of mousse & gel.
I was so much happier with my
hair. Even after I got tons of
complements over the years & people telling me that they would do anything
to have hair like mine, I was still desiring to have straight hair.
Fast forward 24 years. The wonderful invention of a professional flat
iron. Whoo Hoo! I have perfectly straight hair. My dream of so many years finally came
true. But their was a catch. It took 1 hour or longer to make this dream
happen. I can’t do it during the deep -
south summer days… the humidity frizzes it up.
If it rains, I get all “girly” and cover my head, because the water will
curl it back up & not in a pretty way.
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| My curls.. (with Pam Tebow) |
So yes, after so many years of
dreaming, wishing & praying, I realize that God made my hair “fearfully and
wonderfully made”. I don’t like spending
lots of time getting ready & I surely don’t like worrying about my hair
through out the day. It takes me about 5
minutes do to my hair. On occasion, I
will straighten my hair, but prefer the no- fuss way. God knew, even before I was born my personality
& that I needed hair that would take only minutes. to fix.
Thank you Lord for my bouncy curls, for a quick & easy hair style, even though I didn't realize it at first. Your plans are the best.
