Long Live Curly Hair!

by Rachel
(Minnesota)

We've all been there: You wake up, look in the mirror, and to your horror, your curly hair is a complete disaster!

You wonder, why oh why can't I have straight hair?!

But, I advise you to stop and think. Curly hair is waaaay better! I mean, I'm not saying people with straight hair have bad hair. One of my best friends has beautiful straight hair. But curly hair is definitely a gift to love and show off.

Yes, like most of us, I used to hate my hair. My mother would sometimes have to chase me to comb my hair! I hated it. I hated when anyone combed it, and I never wanted to go to the hair cutting place.

My hair was usually too short to put into a pony tail, so it just hung there, never looking like I imagined it could look. But one day, about a year ago, that all changed.

I decided I had to do something about my hair. So I made my mom set me an appointment with a lady at a hair cutting/styling place. She totally knew what she was doing, and this picture is the outcome! I now wish I could have done that a loooong time ago.

I've decided to grow out my hair now, into long curls. People always tell me how jealous they are, how they wish they had my hair. My aunt used to joke about trading me my hair for hers!

I straighten my hair only a little, when I'm extremely bored, then go right back to my curls the next day.

Long live curly hair!