For Freedom Not For Beauty-Chrisette Michele

I really wanted to share an excerpt from this poem by Chrisette Michele. It speaks such truth to my spirit and I figure it may do the same for another. To read the poem in it's entirety and view an exclusive interview with Chrisette Michele with TheChunckyChickz, visit 365voice.com.







So perhaps there is a peace in becoming.
Perhaps the meaning is in the experience and not the sight.
Maybe a flower grows because it suffocates underground.

Whether or not she is always noticed, beauty must become.

She doesn’t look for an eye.
She doesn’t listen for a voice.
She just becomes,

For Freedom Not For Beauty

-Chrisette Michele

I know I've strayed from speaking about hair on this blog in past post, but trust me the subject has not been out mind as much as its been out of sight. My natural hair journey has broadened my vision of beauty and multiplied the self love that I have for me. Through this I have gained confidence and learned who Cherline is as a person and I'm falling in love with her daily. Before, I went natural to find the meaning of beauty but instead I've found freedom. The freedom in knowing that I am naturally me!


PS. It feels great to be a college graduate, I couldn't have come to this cross road at a better time. Think now I plan to get back to blogging, interesting things should be happening as I move out on my own and decorate my first apartment without a roommate. Not only that but I'm embarking on this PR Journey, a new career, in Sunny Miami Florida. The first day at the office in downtown Miami is most definitely going to be a blog-able moment!!


Next post will have pictures...graduation, parties, work, school, sorority life....so much to document.


Until then, I'll just be, naturally me!


♥  CheCh3

24 mths & 5 days

So this isn't really the post that I said I would do but I was itching to blog before I get ready for school. 2010 resuscitate the blog?

I'm putting it in my calendar right now to blog tonight when I get off from work. Finally going to put up the pictures from the last few months.

I don't have a picture of me on the 5/6th, maybe I can find the one online since there were people taking pictures of me. I was in Tallahassee last week wasn't really thinking about my hair, but I did remember to tell people that I've been growing them from 2 years, man that feels good!

...to be continued

♥ CheChe

Update-Journey To PR

Well more of an apology then an update seeing as I'm still unable to update the pictures from my camera to my laptop to share with you. Some of you are probably thinking, "her hair is probably just busted, and she's regretting her locks". But au contraire mon amis, that is not the case. I love my lovely lady locks, but this year has brought so many blessings to my life that now the center of my interests do not revolve around my hair. I'm still on this natural hair, fitness, loving me journey, but now I'm really focused on my journey to PR as well. I want to be a publicist, and right now the door has been opened for me to build on that dream and achieve my goals. So, I'll trade with you, although I can't upload my pictures until I find my SD card reader, I'll give you a small taste of what I've been up to.

This past Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 I attended Birthday Bash for 105.5 The Beat. That's one of the places that I'm interning, we had performances from T-Pain, Juvenile, & Omarion. T-Pain has a lot of talented artist under his NappyBoy record label-the sexy men of One Chance, The Retro Ahmed Bevins, and the Funky Fresh girl group Sophia Fresh I enjoyed all of their performances. I regret not speaking to the artist backstage. Juvenile eh ok I really didn't realize that he was still rapping so not much to say there but Omarion, I had a huge crush on in high school, but he's um...shorter then I am. I stood next to him and didn't realize it was him..eek?!?! So I didn't speak to him either, but boy can he dance.

I enjoyed my time at the concert, and hopefully next time I'm at a concert backstage, I won't be hesitant to speak to the artist. I'm not a shy person, however, when it comes to the entertainment industry I have this fear of being seen as a groupie. I want to be respected, and seen professionally and in a sea of women throwing themselves at the artists' feet, I rather pull to the back then push forward and introduce myself and get lumped into the groupie category.

Ok, time to get this air-check of an on-air interview completed so I can head home. I'll work diligently to get pictures of my hair up soon. I'll update you on my fitness, and PR journey soon as well.

♥

CheChe