I adore the way you weave words together, this touched my soul so sweetly. Sooo beautiful. I started my locs just over a year ago, and I have been enamored with how much they change. I also typically hate change, but I’ve grown to love the r/evolution on my scalp. I hope I can learn from my hair to radically accept change in more facets of life.
thank you for the kind words, alex! <3 accepting r/evolution in all sectors of your life is defff not for the weak, but so very worth it. thank you for reading, i appreciate you sm 💌
You're so real about the accepting change part. I think the lesson of my journey so far is relinquishing control so that I can thrive in new and unexpected ways
I read this a while back and I just needed to sit with your writing and how it relates to my journey then come back and write my comment 😂. I started my loc journey last year. The starting phase was a process of accepting not just my hair but the many aspects of myself(especially my queerness). Now, 1.5 years later, I've grown to love and care for my hair and this love stretches to the rest of who I am. Thank you for writing this. It was a reminder to be grateful for the growth and love I've grown to have throughout this period. And the love within us that also lays ahead of us. Your writing is beautiful
wow!! i was reckoning w/ my identity as a lesbian around the same time i loc’d up, i’m now realizing. it’s crazy to see how our hair has serves as a wider practice of self-love for the parts of ourselves we find most intimate + delicate. thank you for reading and sharing your experience, zuru 🩷🌟
I adore the way you weave words together, this touched my soul so sweetly. Sooo beautiful. I started my locs just over a year ago, and I have been enamored with how much they change. I also typically hate change, but I’ve grown to love the r/evolution on my scalp. I hope I can learn from my hair to radically accept change in more facets of life.
thank you for the kind words, alex! <3 accepting r/evolution in all sectors of your life is defff not for the weak, but so very worth it. thank you for reading, i appreciate you sm 💌
You're so real about the accepting change part. I think the lesson of my journey so far is relinquishing control so that I can thrive in new and unexpected ways
I read this a while back and I just needed to sit with your writing and how it relates to my journey then come back and write my comment 😂. I started my loc journey last year. The starting phase was a process of accepting not just my hair but the many aspects of myself(especially my queerness). Now, 1.5 years later, I've grown to love and care for my hair and this love stretches to the rest of who I am. Thank you for writing this. It was a reminder to be grateful for the growth and love I've grown to have throughout this period. And the love within us that also lays ahead of us. Your writing is beautiful
wow!! i was reckoning w/ my identity as a lesbian around the same time i loc’d up, i’m now realizing. it’s crazy to see how our hair has serves as a wider practice of self-love for the parts of ourselves we find most intimate + delicate. thank you for reading and sharing your experience, zuru 🩷🌟
“i have been shaped by the most calloused of hands, lulled by the sweetest of songs” great line. Thank you for sharing this journey!
thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for reading! 🫂🩷