My First Time getting natural hair love

Stuck in the middle of central Wisconsin can be tough for any young
black woman, but especially a young black woman whose made the decision
to transition to a natural hair life style. Products have to be
purchased online if they can't be found in a Targets or Walmart and
there's no other black women around to commune with about the trials of
transitioning.

So if you could, imagine the joy I felt this weekend as I vacationed for
4th of July weekend in Chicago. Never at any one time had I experienced
so much love for my natural hair in two days:

1. 1. My best friend/bff (who I hadn't seen since August, before I
   made the official decision) loved it and is now seriously considering going natural.
   
2. While at the Taste of Chicago, my friends and I took a rest from
   all of the chaos that is heat, food and too many people, under a shaded
   area. Suddenly I heard someone say, "Do you bantu?" I looked over my
   shoulder and could see a young black woman with pretty thick and dark
   curls talking to me. I responded, "No, just a braidout and twist." She
   said, "It looks nice. I bantu." I told her, her hair also looked great.
   
3. Friday night, hanging out with friends at a Chicago nightclub. We're
   near the bar, in a particularly crowded area, when a young man taps me
   on the shoulder and says, "I love the curls."
   
4. My friends and I meet up with my bff's Chicago co-worker and her
   sister. Both ladies are rocking natural hair. They both made the
   decision about two years ago and rock pretty puffy 'fros. So, as we leave the
   Taste to do a little shopping on the Mile, an older woman walks pass us
   and says, "Yeah to the natural girls. Looking beautiful ladies!" We all throw a thank you back to her.
   
5. Had a great 8 minute conversation with my bff's natural friends on
   transitioning, products and why it took us till our 20s to learn how to
   take care of our hair. This may be my first time having a face-to-face
   convo with natural sistas outside of e-mail, forums, phone, Twitter, Facebook
   and G-chats. And as much as I appreciate social media, there's nothing
   like having that 1-on-1 (technically 2) face-to-face.
   

OHHH! I know how you feel! It is something to be a part of the natural family! Hopefully, you will get to encounter (face to face) many more naturals on your journey!

That sounds nice. Glad to know you were able to talk to others about your hair. A few of my friends are natural but we really haven't gotten together to talk about our hair. We've been planning a time to meet up. But yay for you!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Thats wonderful!! I'm happy that you were able to have several positive experiences. I went to Chicago last summer, a few months after I started wearing my natural hair out, and I was shocked by the amount of natural girls I saw in the club when we went out!! I was loving it!!

thats great!