From Terrible to Great

First of all, I don’t think I have ever been happy with my hair.  Short, Medium, Long, nothing seems to work.

I want a maintenance-free, kicky, fun, shiny, healthy hair.  Join the club right?

When I was very young, like in grade school, my pictures were atrocious.  Of course, my mom could never afford to take us girls to a beauty parlor, so she tried to do what she could with her scissors.  She must be the one who felt that bangs were the going thing because that is what I am blessed with and I hate them.  By this time they have to be there to cover up the airplane runway forehead that I was blessed with.

When I was in middle school I saved babysitting money and went to Fanshaws Beauty Salon for a wonderful hairdo.  Well, when I left that place I couldn’t wait to get home hoping no one would see me.  My hair was probably ok, but never having a “perfect” hairdo I felt like I looked ridiculous.  I cried uncontrollably when I got home and immediately rewashed all the perfection and curIs that were given.  Did I say I hated it?  I am not used to and don’t like perfect hair, don’t do well with curls, and as I previously stated don’t really know what my hairdo should be even at this old age.

As the years went on, I usually hacked at my own hair on occasion.  I am sure that was an improvement, not!!!

Then Lisa, my daughter went to college and amongst other things, learned to cut hair.  Whoopie, guess who I begged to take care of my hair.  She actually did a great job and on most occasions, my hair turned out pretty good.  Now, there is one occasion that I freaked out with her hair-cutting talent.  We were in Colorado and I felt I must have her fix my hair.  It was a little long to my liking.  So, scissor in hand she proceeded to do her magic.  When she was done I couldn’t believe what she did.  Not only was it cut shorter, I felt I was almost scalped.  After bawling and screaming for a good portion of that day it came to my realization that it wasn’t so bad.  Imagine my embarrassment when people were complimenting me and I realized that the change was actually good.  It was kind of kicky and I learned to work with it.  

So, this bad haircut went well in a very short amount of time.  The downside of that is that Lisa said she would never cut my hair again.

Bribing always seems to work 🙂

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