Beginning of my Journey

I am new to this blogging thing so please bare with me.  My bff turned me onto a the Natural Hair Journey that's happening on blogspot (http://curlsofjoy.blogspot.com/...check it out!)so I decided to join.  I have always had a love/hate relationship with my hair.  It's been relaxed since I as about 12yrs old and I have always combed and styled it in it's relaxed state.  But whenever it came time for my next relaxer, I HATED it!  The itching. The desire to scratch, but can't scratch.  The accidental scratch.  And finally, the burning.  I would always wait 3-5 months before I relaxed my hair because of this, and then I would get the customary lecture from the beautician about how I was mistreating my hair.   Fortunately I have always had what my family calls "growing hair" so I could always get my hair back to it's length.  I even chopped all of my hair off 2 yrs ago, but I immediately texturized it and then, when it got enough length, I went back to a relaxer.  At the end of 2011, I decided I couldn't take it anymore (after my last relaxer in December) and in January 2012 I decided to transition my hair back to it's natural state.  Why not chop it all of again?  Because my bf doesn't like short hair (men!). Changes in 2012....goodbye old me!