I have been natural for 2 years now and the journey has not been easy!  I've had to deal with getting used to short hair, dry hair, crazy looks and crazy questions.  My hair finally gets to a length where I can wear different styles so I go to a so called "natural hair stylist" to get a blowout and flat iron and suffer heat damage!!  I decided not to cut the damaged hair, but to let it grow out, so far so good. 

All in all I'm very happy to be natural and would do it all over again (except the heat damage) and love every minute of it!!!