Hair Talk: What Made Me Go Natural

My natural hair story is quite long and drawn out so i think i should just do a time line (kinda)...

First time going natural: I would say it was in 98 when i first decided to go natural. The reason why i did it was because i was tired of perming my hair and i was tired of my scalp being burned with perm. I didn't really have a hard time transitioning ( i wouldnt even say i "transitioned) because i only permed by hair twice a year max sometimes i did it one every 9months so when i got tired of the permed ends i cut them off. I stayed natural for a year then i permed my hair cause i wanted a change.

Second attempt at being natural: was in 2001 same year when i permed it, i put the perm on it stayed in for 3 mins before it started burning again i washed it off my hair had more of a texturized feel to it. I immediately missed my natural hair but it was spilled milk. i permed it about three times that year and finally had enough so i grew my hair out and cut the permed ends off again. I was natural for two years that time and then i went back to perming

Third time natural was in 2003: Same old story i was tired of being burned by the perm stayed natural another three years and permed it again because my sister kept pressuring me to perm it. (i know but hair wasnt an issue for me i always had long hair my hair always grow i had already been natural before i knew i could do it i didnt care so i permed it.)

Fourth and final time (pray for me) came probably in April 2008. This time i think it was my hair that decided for me that it had had enough with the perm. In November 2007 i permed my hair for the last time and my boyfriend told me he was curious about seeing my natural curls. so i decided i would just stop perming my hair long enough for it to grow out so he could see it then i would perm it again. (i was fed up with the cycle of being natural and relaxed) So by april the perm ends broke off really badly in the middle of my hair and my ends looks really unheathly and damaged ( this was the first time my hair had ever broken off.) So i got fed up and i just cut it all off and decided to let it grow out natural for a while. Anyways i still wasnt sold on being natural i thought i would just let my hair grow long and them i would relax it again. However i found the natural community on youtube and i saw how beautiful natural hair was so i decided to stick with it and now my sister is trying to go natural so its been lil over 2 years since i have been natural (i count from my last perm) and i have an appreciation for my natural hair that i never had before and i intend to stick it out. I may not always like my natural hair but i do love being natural.