Happy 1 Year Anniversary, Natural & Fabulous!

8:59:00 AM Monique 8 Comments A⁺ a^-

One year ago today, I posted my very first blog post on Natural & Fabulous. I started my blog as a way to document my own personal hair journey and helping educate those who were newly natural or transitioning. I didn't see very many blogs dedicated to those who were transitioning and I remember what it was like to spend hours at a time on the internet researching things about natural hair.

Here we are a year later, and the blog is going strong! There are so many people I would like to thank for helping me with this journey:

Rod of Modest Media for creating my logo and design. Thank you for the countless back and forth emails to help make my vision a reality.
My parents for helping spread the word about my site to family and friends. I have the BEST parents in the world!
To Kanetta (My BFF) for the lunchtime brainstorming/venting calls. LOL
To Epitome (BeigeBunnie) for being one of the very first people to comment on my blog. Thanks girl!
To Ken for taking over parenting duties so that I could spend time writing and for encouraging me to keep pushing with this blog.
To Dave for being the first (and only so far!) guy to be interviewed on the blog about natural hair from a male perspective.
To Val for being my first very "Natural Spotlight" and source of information during my journey. Thank you so much for the shared information.
To Traycee for being my first giveaway winner and second "Natural Spotlight". She big chopped a two weeks after me so we've been on this journey together.
To Lisa for allowing me to video her big chop (I did it for her) and post the video to share with the world. Thanks girl!
To Bella for being such a great sport and allowing me to interview her about her curly hair and caring for the hair of biracial children. Thank you!
To Latysha, my first international interview (she lives in Italy) and reader. I appreciate your support!
To Rhian of Curls of the World. Thank you so much for allowing me to be apart of your vision and helping me with my own.
To Shea Moisture for posting my review on their Facebook page and also reaching to me. Chimole - it was a pleasure speaking with you!
To the many who have tweeted and retweeted articles on my blog - thank you!
To my other friends and family for supporting the blog and providing positive feedback.

And most importantly - to my son for being my motivation to do everything I do in life. He is the reason that I keep going everyday!

Thank you everyone for making my vision become a reality. There is more to come!