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Hello Everybody and welcome to Episode 10! “I cried, I cried… it was such an emotional experience and it wasn’t just about hair. It was what my perception of beauty was and had been for all of my life and then I look at myself in the mirror and I’m like, ‘That doesn’t look like what I thought was beautiful.’” ‑Teyonah Parris  This week I touch on the issue of loving one's hair. My hair is a part of who I am but not entirely who I am. For generations black women we have been conditioned not to embrace and love our kinky, coily and Afro hair. There was always something 'wrong' that needed to be made 'right' about our hair. For some it was a painfully journey to get to embracing those natural 4B, 4C curls and embracing a bald head or short hair. As moms we are raising children in a world that still has not embraced this hair. I say to you mamas and mamas-in-waiting, educate yourself about hair and look into products that give your child's hair life and good health, it is possible.  Show your kids positive images of natural hair and natural hairstyles, speak kind words to them that would build their confidence and love of self as a whole. In the midst of this journey remember that God made that hair the way it is and he's pleased with that. 'I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.'- Psalm 139:14 KJV I hope you enjoy the episode and mores that may it be a conversation starter around hair and the standards of beauty, which have been magnified by the internet and social media. Have a lovely weekend and blessing to you! Yours in Motherhood, Una --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unami-jeremiah/support