I am a bald woman not by choice, but made the courageous choice to share it with the world. As a child growing up in the 1970's, I remember getting compliments on my very huge Afro. Folks use to say, look at that pudgy cute little girl with that big ole' Afro lol. During my wonder years, one of my older (envious) sisters persuaded me to perm my hair. What an EPIC fail! It was a downward spiral after that and the remnants of weaves, braids, and perms were the only reminders of my journey of hair destruction. At the age of 12 I was diagnosed with Alopecia, which was so devastating for a young girl, but little did I know this would be a valuable lesson and turning point in my life.

Through the years I was able engender substantial hair growth, but only for a short time. I had locs, mini-afros. TWAS you name it. There was always fear and anger in me, because I knew the months of having luscious beautiful locs would soon come to a crashing end. It wasn't until 2006 that I decided to do what many call the "Big Chop"(Saving my entire head). Although my hair was shaved down beautifully, I still could not bring myself to face the world without my roaring mane. I remained bald on and off but never revealing it to the world until May 2012; I decided to shave my head once more. I then threw caution to the wind and wore my shiny moon glow to a huge festival in our town. As soon as I stepped out of our car, I received my first compliment, and then another, and then another and a lot more after that. I felt so free and emotional that I shed a few tears when I returned home.

Today, I am happily married to a man who loves my bald head lol and am a loving mother to my 11-month old son.
I have often heard the word "liberating" used to describe what I have achieved, but I never thought I would have the chance to feel that word through the depths of my soul. I am forever grateful to me for having the courage to step out on faith.

I am taking this sometimes difficult road one day at a time and am so happy to have discovered such an informative and supportive site.

Thanks for reading.