The Need to Try Something New

So for over 7yrs (1998-2005), I had worn a boycut hairstyle. For a few months, I dabbled in growning my hair out, but I quickly got tired of the maintenance, and cut it short again. While in Cincinnati, I faithful visited my barber Barnard every 2 weeks, and so looked forward to receiving my fresh cut.

Then in Oct 2005, my family and I got information that we would be relocating from Ohio to Kobe, Japan with my husbands company. Besides trying to figure out the basics (home, school, church), I was also trying to figure out who I would get to maintain my hair while in Japan. For a time, I used to cut my own hair, but after going to a barber for a number of year, my skill quickly vanished and I was no longer comfortable in cutting my own hair. And I knew that my husband did not have the skill or patience to cut my hair on a regular basis. We had some friends already living in Japan, so I remember contacting the wife and asking her various hair care questions. She immediately informed me that finding a black stylist/barber would be a bit difficult (no impossible, but difficult). She also told me that she got most of her hair products from the USA during home visits and she did her own hair. She also had 2 girls and did their hair also. Her husband wore his hair bald, so that was something he could maintain himself.

Initially the thought of growing my hair out didn't really entire my mind. It was something that I had tried previously and didn't like the maintenance, so it wasn't something I was trying to entertain. However, my husband informed me that it would be up to me to cut his hair since he wasn't comfortable cutting his own. His Father and Brother even took the time to teach me the art of a proper fade. But even though I knew that I would be cutting my husbands hair, the thought of cutting my own was something I just didn't want to deal with. So at that moment, I decided that once we left Ohio, I would not cut my hair again until we moved back to Ohio. So I officially received my last haircut from my barber Barnard on Nov 16, 2005, the start of my hair journey!!!