18 years ago today, I hadn’t slept in 24 hours. I’d been up writing all day, all night, nonstop, like Hamilton lol. And I would stay up that night, too.
I wanted to launch this website with at least 10 articles. 10 seeds. This was the very first one (note the time and date!)-
I didn’t know what it would become. That it would inspire and change an entire generation. That it would reach the world.
CurlyNikki turns 18 tomorrow. 10/10/08.
She’s grown. She’s been through custody battles. Storms. Trends. Algorithm changes. She’s had to learn how to drive. How to swim. And now… float.
God had me build this site EIGHTEEN years ago, like an ark.
I didn’t know what it would carry then. I just kept building.
Now the waters have risen, and it’s clear what it was for.
This was always His House. His Mother’s house. Your house.
I love you,
nik
P.S. Hair today… ain’t much changed 🙂
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Happy Anniversary!! Congratulations on 18 years. So good to see you blogging, I’ve been missing it. Glad to see you are still growing, learning, and rising. Always excited to see what comes next, Nikki!
Happy Birthday!!!
Blessed be the day He guided me to fin You on
My path.
I cry now, seeing your Curly hair and feeling the Love that you are and that I am. Two Sisters in Christ, Loving Through This rollercoaster of Life. already Home.
I Love You!!! May God Bless You Always 🤗🤗🤗Ps!
it even reached the flat Scandinavian hair in the darkness of Sweden lol. That’s how brigth it IS!!!