"All of my love...peace and happiness...I'm gonna give it to DELTA!" OOO-OOP!!!

Knots celebrates yet another wonderful milestone!

On this day, 15 May, 17 years ago, my lifetime membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.was official. Check out your girl (#3) in this pic taken back in '92 with our DP and ADP. The more recent pic was taken with some sorors at our school's prom in late April 2009.

FOUR YEARS AND COUNTING !!!!!

I can still remember the days my locs were installed four years ago, May 13 and May 14 like it was yesterday. It would be the last time I would look like this:


It wasn't an easy decision. I'd grown accustomed to a certain "look". No other hairstyle (let alone a natural one) would work for me, until a former co-worker told me about Sisterlocks. After extensive research, following various blogs, signing in to the LockItUp Yahoo group DAILY, WITHOUT FAIL and consulting with my consultant, I decided to sacrifice beauty for the temporary "plucked chicken" look:



I must admit, there were a few times I asked myself what in the devil had I done, especially after the relaxed ends were finally cut and I saw how incredibly short my hair was:

So, to deal with my new look, I decided to add some color. Though apprehensive at first, I fell in love with my new 'do:


Some time passed and before I knew it, I'd been locked for 2 years:



Ok, starting to see some length. 3 years...wow. I REALLY can see a difference now.



And now 4 years...hard to believe. I remember thinking, I can't wait til my hair is down my back. I realized just how long my hair had gotten after I disconnected a portion of a loc from its body while hoisting my work bag onto my shoulder. WTHeck?!! All good, they were eventually reunited! ;-) Check out the collage below.



It's been a journey for sure, with some ups and downs, highs and lows with a lil bit of other stuff in between. And you know what, I wouldn't change a thing!