What is Hang Time??

I love working with kids. They tell you the wildest things. I just learned recently what hang time is. Of course they knew that I didn't know what they were talking about. I just assumed it was when you slam dunked a basketball. That shows my age uh?

Well hang time is not about basketball. It's about the length of your braids or when you come your hair out. UHHH??? So if a young guy gets his hair braided, the ends of the hair does not touch the back of his neck, he doesn't have hang time or when a girl presses hair or a short cut and it doesn't hang long; it means she doesn't have hang time either.

Wow, so kids judge hair just as bad as adults. They are so influenced by what we do and say. We need to educate them in all expects of life including health and beauty. Give me your thoughts.

Why I Became Natural

I have always loved my hair. I just didn't know what to do with it. As a young girl, I remember my mother washing my hair and pressing for the church. As I got older, she decided to relax my fine course hair. My hair shed so bad. I had an Afro for a while. It was quite becoming. There was a white girl in my class and she was amazed how it grew back and I could shake my hair. By the end of eighth grade, I wore a the infamous Jheri curl. We grew it out long enough to try the old relaxer again. This time it was a success, to the point of new return. But as I become custom to this creamy crack, my true identify was diminishing. I could never grow my hair past my shoulders. I knew it grew "slow" because of I was always able to hold of a touch-up for two months easy. So after I several years in college while student teaching I had to keep up with society and be "presentable". I never let my hair go past the due date for creamy crack renewal. Only after marrying a Muslim, did not know worry about my hair. I was completely covered and no one ever dared say anything to me directly about my hair, except for ignorant children who didn't know any better. During this time, I said, "What was the use of relaxing my hair when know one say it but my husband." BTW I AM DIVORCED AND BACK CHRISTIAN. That is another story for another time. Some after having my daughter, I discovered how wonderful natural hair was. Her hair was so curly that you would think she came from the salon. It was so beautiful, I thought I might as well keep growing this relaxer out and become natural. I don't ever want to put those chemicals back in my hair or put those chemicals in my daughter's either. So it wasn't a big epiphany, it was simply. . . I was tired of the creamy crack, the burns, and the money wasted. I haven't seen my natural hair since I was in fifth grade. Now it the most beautiful hair ever. No more fitting the mold. For now on I breaking the mold.