Well, folks I am in business with my new camera, but I still have to learn a lot about the features.These pictures were self potraits and late in the day after having rolled my hair overnight on soft spikes. It doesn't look as curly as it did when I took the curlers out as I had fallen asleep and sort of smashed one side of it while at my mother in laws. I think I need a better setting lotion, gel or whatever as my curls don't last. I am generally happy with my hair, but just impatient wanting more length so that I can experience more versatility. I know that good things come to those who wait, but I a really want length and want it NOW :) No, but really it is more the bunching and and fuzziness that have me intermittently frustrated. It has been 10 months and I have a fair number of locs particularly in the front that just don't want to cooperate. They seem adverse to locing and just continue to frizz. I certainly thought that with my thick coarse hair that there wouldn't be any problem with locing anywhere on my head. I haven't been consistently banding my hair with washing as I felt like I was pulling apart more locs that I was maintaining with their use. I have avoided conditioning, which is killing me, to prevent unraveling. I wear a bonnet to bed nightly and for the most part avoid major manipulation of my hair. I do use products for locs to provide a sheen, because I do have a difficult time with dull, dry appearing hair. One product is by Jamaican Mango, Lime and the other by Clairol. So if anyone has any suggestions on how to reduce these issues, let me know.

On another note, I just came in from church spending about 3 hours with the youth of our church in prayer, testimony and support. Folks we need to keep the teens of today in prayer and close to our hearts. They face so many difficulties in their young lives. Be blessed as you begin the coming week.