Hey Fellow Nappies!!!

I have been so busy shaking and moving that I almost totally missed my Blogiversary!  But one year and ten days ago I humbly started Journey Back to Me as a way to chronicle my transition from relaxed to natural.  From there, it seems, JBTM has blossomed into the E-journal you see today, full of personal updates, insightful articles, resources and tributes to others who have taken up the naptural cross.  While the process of transitioning and keeping the journey Blog updated has had its ebbs and flows, overall it has been such a fun undertaking — measuring my growth about myself from the growth of my hair, discovering new ways to maintain health from the outside in (and back again), sharing my story as well as the stories of others.

From my humble beginnings to trying styles on for size to impromptu hiatuses and a bit of homemade experimenting, both my journey and maintaining JBTM have been a wonderful adventure physically and spiritually.  When I started I never imagined something so seemingly simple would be such an involved and evolving experience, and I have loved every single moment of it.

In both the near and distant futures I hope to extend the fun I’ve started here into more natural feature spots, more product, book and site reviews, more style experimentation and eventually a book of my very own.  I also intend to reach out to other natural hair and beauty Blog owners, such as Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik of Afrobella and of Belle Cheveux and Sunshyne of The Course Hair Diaries, to create an interconnected Blogweb of resources to help newbies and veterans alike.

So here’s to a year, with hopes for many, many more!

Healthy Hair Wishes,