Happy Birthday Blaqkofi!!!

Blaqkofi graciously opened her beautiful home to bunch of women (about 18 of us) yesterday for food, fun and fellowship!!! We had such a marvelous time. She was so giving, she allowed us to also share in listening to her handsome son Kory play the keyboard and relax in such an inviting and intimate atmosphere. Beautiful, inside and out, I'm wishing you the BEST BIRTHDAY day ever!!! Many blessings, my sister!!!

Group Picture at DFW Sisterlock Gathering #2

Fabulous ladies!!!!

 

New Sisterlock Friend Detra

Now it's one thing to hear about folks whom you've inspired, and it's another to meet them along the way. Detra saw my fotki photo album and was motivated to go on cross over to Sisterlock kingdom. That put a smile on my face. I met Ms. Detra along with her adorable neice last night. She and her locks were on point. She is just as sweet in person as I felt reading posts on my blog and lockitup from her. I am excited for Detra in her journey and look forward to following her growth! Way to go Detra!!! 

Different Women, like minded spirits

I have to quote GiGi, when she said last night, "Locked women carry a different kind of conversation." That's not to say women who aren't locked can't carry a conversation, but one must admit, there's a higher level of freedom to be real when sisters striving to find their "real" selves come together. There's no room for pretention and insecurities here!!! We all have had to go through the same struggle of de-brainwashing ourselves about our true beauty. No lyeing here! Don't let the media fool ya! Natural is in!!!! And being locked is a NEW MOVEMENT.
 

Some headshots of Sisters locked

I tried my best to get headshots of everyone, but looks like I didn't get everyone. Here's the ones I managed to get before everyone left. LaChanda, GiGi, Sharon, Jen, Diane, Beverly, and Shirley were workin' it! Cute huh??

GiGi's Sisterlocks

I wanted to add a picture of the back of GiGi's hair. Isn't it cute? She's ready to wear her hair in a bun on the 12th for little Destini. Folks, she's been wearing locks for I believe around 9 years. At one time her locks were all the way down her back. I just can't wait til' I can at least get this beautiful style myself. GiGi is beautiful inside and out! By the way, she's who taught me how to retighten my hair!

Beautiful side views of Beautifully locked women

Marilyn, Tra, Sharon, and GiGi, locked and lovin' it!! 

Empowerment and Entertainment Anyone??

Well, here's collage #1 of yesterday's fun filled afternoon/evening at the DFW Sisterlock Gathering #2. DFW Consultant Gretchel "GiGi" Johnson, started it off with a ten minute motivational speech that set the stage for the electrifying energy exerted the rest of the evening. Tra read a poem called Vampire Love, from All About Love, the chapbook that has poetry and commentary about self love from Dr. Cornwell herself. I read an original piece called In The Mirror, along with another piece from the All About Love chapbook called Testifyin' which had everyone shouting, screaming and bustin' a gut. Narissa, LaChanda's sixteen year-old niece, broke it down with a powerful original piece with attitude and class! She had all the ladies snapping their fingers afterwards. Blaqkofi added spice as well reading, So Address Me As Such, by Renee Johnson and any women who didn't feel they had dignity collected some for themselves after she was finished. The only thing we didn't have was singing. OK, ladies, don't hold back next time!!! I know there were some singers in the house.

Is that a ponytail I see??

OK, earlier tonight I was spraying my hair with water, tea tree and vitamin e and decided to grab a scrunchy to pull it back. This is what I came up with. Now my heart's desire is for me to be able to throw my locks back into a ponytail and "hit the road". Now, I know this is a lil' premature, but I believe it's gonna be cool when I can look back on this picture today and chart the growth for when I can have a "real" ponytail. Can't wait!!

Check out that new growth!

As usual, I was playing around while retightening my hair in Tx City, Tx over Thanksgiving break and I took these pictures of myself to get a good look at the new growth. Remember, I had my hair dyed 2 days before getting Sisterlocked 2 years ago. Cool color I might say. As I've said before, I probably will not get it dyed again for a good while. Enjoy!

Picture Collage of my 2-yr Sisterlocks

I was playing around on picasa2 with the pictures I took yesterday. What do you think?? 

Day one and year two photos

I thought I'd add some pictures to compare from day #1 to my 2 yr anniversary. Wow! What a difference 2 years make!

My Two-Year Anniversary is Today!

Here's one of the latest pictures taken of me 11/27/05. I'm not quite finished retightening my hair, but it will do as far as letting folks see my growth. Today is my two-year anniversary of having Sisterlocks. It is so hard to believe I have come this far in my journey. I have so many wonderful people to thank in the Lockitup and Brothers_locked yahoo groups along with the beautiful blogs and on-line photo journals of those willing to share freely their locking journey and experiences. Being locked at the young age of 35 (smile) is such a liberating experience, especially since I had so many years of haircare drama in my life. Being natural and especially being locked for me, has taken a great amount of fortitude, in which I've found out how much I can bare throughout this entire journey. Some have given up and thrown in the towel, others have given up, but then picked themselves back up again for another round, and yet others have persevered all the way through.

Although this journey hasn't been a bed a roses, I must say, I am extremely happy with my decision to get locked. The light I have to share only beams brighter when I enter a room with my big blossomy smile and my two-toned locked hair. I'm thankful to "represent". Well, until I post more pictures and stories, keep it locked and keep it real!

My Fotki online photo album.