Driving home tonight from work, something struck me. For the first time since I was first diagnosed with alopecia at the tender age of 8(28 years ago) I can actually feel the emotional scars fading. No longer do I feel restricted or ashamed of having alopecia. Yes the scars will always remain but fading they are. From all the years that I hid having alopecia, from the shame and embarrassment I felt, the lack of feeling "normal" or even "beautiful" and feeling totally alone. Of doing the…

for the last 3 years I have been conversing daily with a man in australia, whom I consider one of my bestest, supportest, friends. He sent me this a few weeks ago and this being Valentine's Day I thought it only fitting to share it with you all. For it is a wonderful sentiment at anytime to share.

"Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you've never shared with another soul and they absorb…

I found this many years ago. And while going thru some stuff I came across it again.

MY DECLARATION OF SELF ESTEEM

I am me.

In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. There are person who have some parts like me, but no one adds up exactly like me. Therefore, everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone chose it.…

Today was the first day in a long time that it was not easy being an alopecian.

For those that know me and following me on my facebook page "Bald and Fabulous" I work hard on spreading awareness and inspiring others to embrace who they are in the face of alopecia. I do share my page around to different facebook pages, mainly those of other businesses and support sites. Today was the first time I received a "hater" comment. Nothing obviously rude, but enough to prove the point that the…