I’m so done with school and writing curriculum right now that I just can’t possibly think of anything original to write. BUT. But…I thought I could hold myself accountable by posting something totally trivial and shallow to everyone but myself. A few weeks ago, while visiting my sister in law in San Francisco, we began talking about hair and how she grew hers out in the past few years. I’ve been toying with the thought of growing mine for ages, but after we talked about it, I decided that it was time for a change in my follicles.
Hair. People place such high standards on hair. They write songs about it. There is a musical about it. Believe me, people are judging you for your coiffed ‘do. Or your roots. Or your bad home color job. Or your unwashed, messy bedhead. Trust me, even though I hear the, “I wish I could wear my hair that short!” comment over and over again, what I really hear in my head is, “good lord, your hair is SO short. I can see your wrinkled neck so much better now. You really look like a soccer mom!” And I love that the only people who ever comment on my hair in an absolutely positive way every. single. time. are black women. Probably because they recognize me as the one who got away. I swear I was born to the wrong race.
I digress. My point is that I am growing out this ‘do. Partly because it’s just time for something new, and partly because last night my kids got a set of Polly Pockets and I look vaguely like one of them. The one named Rick. Before too long, I’ll be old and I’ll be expected to have short, old lady hair. Not that I think my hair is old lady-ish now – in fact, I think it’s pretty fun. But, it’s time for a change. It’s time for me to be something other than the girl with the SUPER SHORT hair. And if I don’t have time to write anything for myself these days, at least I can take pictures of my progress. Please hold me to this – tell me I look amazing – even when you see the picture that makes you want to cry out, “CUT IT OFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!” Anyone who has ever grown out the shortest of short cuts knows, I’m going to need some support. And I’ll take all I can get.
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| hair project - week one |
I love your short hair! But I will also gladly support you growing it out, of course!
ReplyDeleteYou look gorgeous with short hair, but I empathize with wanting to grow it out and know that can be a tricky thing to do. You, however, have a fantastic sense of style, and will do it in a way that makes others of us who've done it in the past jealous, I'm sure!
ReplyDelete1 Corinthians 11, at least the first half, is mostly about women's hair -- and reflects the culture of the time in which showing off women's free-flowing hair had huge sexual connotations, as going bare-breasted does today. So the concern about women's hair goes back a long time and changes periodically. All of which I find a little weird. But I'd like you even if you were bald.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely gorgeous. I envy your hair now. I envied it in middle school - those beautiful curls. The constant then and now is you, my friend. YOU are beautiful. (And your dad is funny.)
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine you with long hair but I'm sure you will rock it. You should find some old pics of Mia Michaels to see what you might look like.
ReplyDeleteI have always loved your short hair, but I also believe that it is your hair so you can do whatever you want to it! Those people that tell you, after a fairly drastic change in hairstyle, "oh, I liked it long better" deserve to be kicked in the shin. (their opinion isn't usually asked for, either)
ReplyDeleteAnyways, good luck with the project, I'm sure you will look fantastic!
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