Sistahknow's Introduction

When I first signed up for this blog, I had no idea what I wanted to say or how I was going to say it.  My life is at a crossroads right now and I have so much going on, but nothing at the same time and would love to reach out to others in the same situation or even as a precautionary tale to those nowhere near where I am.

Let me give you the basics:

Gender: Female; Age: 34;  Race: Black/African-American; Height: 5'10; Weight: 285 (weren't expecting THAT kind of honesty, huh?  Keep reading.)...

2010 has been  a year of major changes in my life.  My first (and only) child was born in January (a girl), I lost my job in March (never even got off maternity leave), lost my mom in August, moved into a new apartment in August...had no idea what this would do to my morale and self-esteem.  Other things have happened, but these are the major hitters for this year.

I'm going to organize my thoughts by titling my blogs according to my subject matters.  That way if you are not interested in reading about my natural hair drama (been naturally curly for more than ten years), then you can skip that blog and go to my "new mommy" blog.  Or if you are in the mood to read into my sometimes twisted mind...feel free to just go to my general blog about any-and-everything through my eyes.

Titles:

"Sistah Know" - This will be the title of my main blog.  NO telling what's going to be in here.

"Mama Know" - These will cover my adventures into motherhood.  My daughter is a little character and I look forward to sharing her quirky little ways...and my raising of this special little person.


"Know Nappy" - Hair blogs.  My goal is to grow my and my daughter's natural hair as healthy and long as possible.  With all that's going on in my life right now...I need something to strive for that I can control.  My hair is one of them.  A small thing to some, but I've never been able to grow my hair past my shoulders.  I'm aiming for my booty!  lol.

"Know-Know" - This heading will be used to write about  my professional life.  Yes, I am currently unemployed, but I own my own business (partnership with lil sis).  This is where I will blog about my struggles in the world of "the unemployed" AND the "self-employed".  Being unemployed sucks and those who are in here with me can attest to that, but there is a joy and excitement in owning my own business.  Watching this grow from its infancy will be fun...and I hope...a GREAT SUCCESS STORY.

Ok.  This is the first blog entry.  We'll see what else I can come up with as time goes on.  I have hopes that one day, hopefully not too far away from today, I will look back at these posts and marvel at how far I've come.