my dreadie post

Okay, what I'm about to write on here is just going to be copied from my journal entry that I wrote this afternoon while I was out on my independent Jena adventure! (Ryan had language school today and I didn't, hehe). I have been wanting to talk about my desire to get dreads, soooo here it goes!

Today is Friday and I didn't have to go to school! I went on a long walk into town by myself, saw an elephant, saw a wedding, bought some yarn, took pictures, thought about life, thought about dreads and now I'm here sitting at the river with the warm summer sun on my shoulders.

Dreadies: Why do I want them??? I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I feel like most everyone who has dreads also has this deep spiritual soul story that goes along with them. I don't think I have one of those.

I have always deeply cared about how people see me. Not in a "I need to be popular" sort of way, but I have always seen myself as a sort of people pleaser. I don't necessarily think that that is always a bad thing, but hm... I don't know, sometimes it really wares on me. Most of my family and friends know that I have been thinking about dreads, and let me tell ya... They are not all thrilled about the idea :) But here is the thing, I think they are beautiful and I think they would be beautiful on me... so I think I should get them! I don't mean any of this in a "screw you all!" sort of way, I just need to know that I can feel beautiful and good about myself with out relying on the opinions of others. The only thing that I know I need to take into account is the feelings of my husband and let me tell ya, and am so blessed to have a supportive husband who knows me and loves me no matter what I do with my hair! He's the best! So that's that I think. I have had one little lovely dreadie for a week now, and now I can't wait to get some more!

So, feel free to comment :) If you have questions about me having dreads, go ahead and ask! And yes, I can wash them :)

Can you see my dread?! It's so cute!