The Last Braid Job?

I know, I know. I really should not be looking at these old pictures, but I went to see the folks over the weekend and was very taken aback when my mom finally admitted that she missed me in the braids! I would never diss my mom publicly and I would never allow anyone to speak poorly about my family, but gee whiz, I was a little hurt. I think that if I weren't in such an awkward phase of the sisterlocking process I would have handled it better (or maybe she wouldn't have said it), but I'm not even too crazy about how the coif looks right now. Oh well. I am still committed to being less focused on what other people think about me (which is no small task, I'm telling you!).



I am still happy I made this decision, and this state of mind was confirmed by the fact that I also braided my mother's hair over the weekend. Now, I learned to braid my own hair because the cost of getting it done was exorbitant, I couldn't stand the lack of professionalism on the part of my braider, I hated feeling so dependent on someone else to take care of my hair, and I hated that I often had to risk my life in the neighborhood where my braider lived and worked (she is extremely talented, but I wanted to live to show off the new do!:) Anyhoo, my female family members closely watched to see how my braiding developed and I ended up giving them VERY inexpensive braid jobs (that would easily cost 500 bucks anywhere else...but it's family, y'know). So last weekend was my very last braid job I hope...don't worry, I will convince my mother yet to sisterlock her stuff too!