THE BIG CHOP (My Version)

Trying to be natural is hard. I have so much respect for the women who have such thick and luscious locks. However, for me I have learned that If I want strong healthy hair I had have to be willing to sacrifice something....MY HAIR. My hair was not healthy... it was thinning and breaking faster than I could deep condition or protective style it.. I had to do something. SO on 7/22/2017 I Andrea Sellers did ( my version) the BIG CHOP...and you know what??? I hated it... at first. I was upset and mad with the universe! My friend, the stylist, never wanted to touch my head again, because I was so upset. WHY ME?!!! Why do I have to walk around looking like my twin brother for the next, only Lord knows how long, to get the hair of my dreams?!And as I sat there almost in tears, texting my husband who told me not to cut my hair that, he too is going to hate it.....I paid and left. I kept looking at myself in the mirror trying to decide if I could pull it off or not. I was hurt, no matter how damaged or thin it was, it was my hair and now its gone. Then... something happened. I started playing with it and checking out my profile and I decided I am going to... love it! I threw my eye brows on and some blush and I was in love! And you know what made it even better?? My husband loved it too! I learned that I am much more than my hair and that is not what defines me. Will I be happy when it grows back... HELL YES... but I am comfortable enough in my own skin to rock what I have now.