My cross to bear or theirs???

Since I BC I have received different reactions. To me, the most shocking reaction is that of my family! Now, I've read many blogs about people reacting to natural hair positively and negatively and it seems that in most cases the negative response comes from the family...

Well the same is for my family...well some of my family. My mom doesn't seem to know how to react. During my transition she voiced her opinion about my hairdos-positive and otherwise...but the day before I BC I asked her if she would cut my permed ends off. She of course said no because she didn't want to mess it up and I respected that and I did it myself. So the next day when I arrived with my freshly BC'ed tresses, she just smiled as I beamed about how great it looked and felt...

Other reactions are my co-workers who notice the versatility and how great it looks and how confident I look as well. So my question is: Is their negative reactions or opinion my cross to bear or theirs?

PS... My wash-N-go after work...GEORGEOUS!