Comments on: How to use your Difference to make “A Difference” http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/ A personal journey of self love and self acceptance. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:26:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sandra http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2400 sandra Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:26:09 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-2400 Thank you for sharing Barbara and best wishes to you on this alopecia experience journey. It is one day at a time but you are certainly not alone on this path. Be Blessed and stay encouraged. Thank you for sharing Barbara and best wishes to you on this alopecia experience journey. It is one day at a time but you are certainly not alone on this path. Be Blessed and stay encouraged.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2185 Barbara Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:26:06 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-2185 I have been waiting to hear "our voice!" I am currently in the process of educating my peers, family, and loved ones about the societal expectations of women and the close relation they both share. I have been "closed" to the public for fear of my being bald will negatively impact my loved ones. However, your story has caused me to revisit myself. So, I started describing to my family and friends how it felt to lose my hair, how it impacted me during my childhood to adulthood stages of life, and how society views hair (i.e. full hair, balding, and bald). I believe my courage has become even stronger as I read your story. Thanks for your openness to share. Sincerely, Barbara I have been waiting to hear “our voice!” I am currently in the process of educating my peers, family, and loved ones about the societal expectations of women and the close relation they both share. I have been “closed” to the public for fear of my being bald will negatively impact my loved ones. However, your story has caused me to revisit myself. So, I started describing to my family and friends how it felt to lose my hair, how it impacted me during my childhood to adulthood stages of life, and how society views hair (i.e. full hair, balding, and bald). I believe my courage has become even stronger as I read your story. Thanks for your openness to share.

Sincerely,
Barbara

]]> By: sandra http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 sandra Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:07:07 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-1364 Wow, thank you for sharing that. Feedback like that makes it all worth it. To God be the glory! Many blessings to you and best of luck to your class. Stay connected. Wow, thank you for sharing that. Feedback like that makes it all worth it. To God be the glory! Many blessings to you and best of luck to your class. Stay connected.

]]> By: Kay http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 Kay Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:32:37 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-1314 Oh what an awesome woman you are! You are such an inspiration to me. I teach Cosmetology at a technology center in an inner city location. I have guys and gals in the 11th and 12th grade. As a part of our training we are to teach and learn about Properties of the Hair and Scalp. As a part of the curriculum I included your video. If I said there was a dry eye in the theory classroom when the video ended, I would be telling an untruth. You are so blessed to able to tell your story with such GRACE and LOVE. Thank you so much for letting us into your private life, your trials and tribulations. May God Bless your life, your family and the many of people you touch daily. Oh what an awesome woman you are! You are such an inspiration to me. I teach Cosmetology at a technology center in an inner city location. I have guys and gals in the 11th and 12th grade. As a part of our training we are to teach and learn about Properties of the Hair and Scalp. As a part of the curriculum I included your video. If I said there was a dry eye in the theory classroom when the video ended, I would be telling an untruth. You are so blessed to able to tell your story with such GRACE and LOVE. Thank you so much for letting us into your private life, your trials and tribulations. May God Bless your life, your family and the many of people you touch daily.

]]> By: sandra http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-356 sandra Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:22:58 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-356 Wow! What a lovely compliment. Thank you so much for sharing. Losing your hair at 13 must have been really tough! My teen years were dramatic enough I could not imagine having a "real issue" to deal with! lol. If you don't mind sharing, is there any advice you could offer young Alopecians that may be challenged with this at such a young age as you were? Wow! What a lovely compliment. Thank you so much for sharing. Losing your hair at 13 must have been really tough! My teen years were dramatic enough I could not imagine having a “real issue” to deal with! lol. If you don’t mind sharing, is there any advice you could offer young Alopecians that may be challenged with this at such a young age as you were?

]]> By: Claudia http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Claudia Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:02:12 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-352 Woman, you are absolutely STUNNING. Exactly. The. Way. You. Are. I would be lucky to be HALF as gorgeous as you. I too have alopecia. I lost my eyebrows and eyelashes at 13 and feel and understand your ups and your downs, but honestly, you are one of the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. Thank you for speaking out for us, you can be my motivator ANY day!!! Woman, you are absolutely STUNNING. Exactly. The. Way. You. Are. I would be lucky to be HALF as gorgeous as you. I too have alopecia. I lost my eyebrows and eyelashes at 13 and feel and understand your ups and your downs, but honestly, you are one of the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. Thank you for speaking out for us, you can be my motivator ANY day!!!

]]> By: sandra http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-349 sandra Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:58:44 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-349 No words..... Too busy crying.... I love you and I am very proud of your courage and strength. Looks like your Momma got her Regina back bolder and better than ever. Ain't God good?! His grace is absolutely sufficient. Yeah you. No words….. Too busy crying…. I love you and I am very proud of your courage and strength. Looks like your Momma got her Regina back bolder and better than ever. Ain’t God good?! His grace is absolutely sufficient. Yeah you.

]]> By: Reginia http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Reginia Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:14:07 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-348 This is going to make you cry. You are the reason I decided to conquer being bald in public early on. I transitioned to Alopecia Universalis at about the same time you started posting clips of Project Liberation online. I never dreamt I would meet you in person. But I saw your struggle to go public and said to myself, "Self we are not going to allow years to pass before we go outside bald. We are going to suck it up and embrace this now." What I learned from your struggle of going bald in public for the first time, was not to allow too much time to pass before I faced and conquered that fear. I had to be honest with myself and those around me. People were uncomfortable with my baldness. Some still are. Yet I know that is their struggle. My struggle and goal in life is to be the best me I know how to be. Not having hair does not give me the right to hide or be angry with the world. There is a whole life to live. I have to live it free of fear. I have to define me. Go ahead cry. Those tears are nothing more than your body getting rid of pain. We are stronger becuase of them. This is going to make you cry.

You are the reason I decided to conquer being bald in public early on. I transitioned to Alopecia Universalis at about the same time you started posting clips of Project Liberation online. I never dreamt I would meet you in person. But I saw your struggle to go public and said to myself, “Self we are not going to allow years to pass before we go outside bald. We are going to suck it up and embrace this now.”

What I learned from your struggle of going bald in public for the first time, was not to allow too much time to pass before I faced and conquered that fear. I had to be honest with myself and those around me.

People were uncomfortable with my baldness. Some still are. Yet I know that is their struggle. My struggle and goal in life is to be the best me I know how to be.

Not having hair does not give me the right to hide or be angry with the world. There is a whole life to live. I have to live it free of fear. I have to define me.

Go ahead cry. Those tears are nothing more than your body getting rid of pain. We are stronger becuase of them.

]]> By: sandra http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-347 sandra Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:08:09 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-347 Reginia, thank you so much for your post. You are so right. It is absolutely our job to find it. I wish other people's confidence in us was enough to do the trick but it is an inside job and you have overcome in an amazing way. I am proud to know you and partner with you on this journey. Don't make me cry........again. :) Reginia, thank you so much for your post. You are so right. It is absolutely our job to find it. I wish other people’s confidence in us was enough to do the trick but it is an inside job and you have overcome in an amazing way. I am proud to know you and partner with you on this journey. Don’t make me cry……..again. :)

]]> By: Reginia Mouton http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/2010/05/26/how-to-use-your-difference-to-make-%e2%80%9ca-difference%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Reginia Mouton Thu, 27 May 2010 14:18:29 +0000 http://www.myalopeciaexperience.com/?p=512#comment-342 Sometimes, I think our self confidence is a scary thing to the people who encounter us. My father once told me that I command a room with my quite confidence. That was long before I lost my hair. Since losing my hair I have battled the same issues you describe in your blog. But after a heart to heart with my mother I decided I had to regain what I allowed alopecia to steal from me, my I can do anything confidence. My mother told me she wanted "her Reginia" back. She had lost her confident strong daughter. It was my job to find me again. I feel you my sister. I am most proud to have sisters in this thing called alopecia. Bald, beautiful, strong, confident and happy. Sometimes, I think our self confidence is a scary thing to the people who encounter us. My father once told me that I command a room with my quite confidence. That was long before I lost my hair. Since losing my hair I have battled the same issues you describe in your blog. But after a heart to heart with my mother I decided I had to regain what I allowed alopecia to steal from me, my I can do anything confidence. My mother told me she wanted “her Reginia” back. She had lost her confident strong daughter. It was my job to find me again. I feel you my sister. I am most proud to have sisters in this thing called alopecia. Bald, beautiful, strong, confident and happy.

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