What is it about Hair?

I loved my long hair, I loved my messy pony tail, I loved at night when Millie would run her hands through my hair and tell me, "pretty hairs Mommy!", I loved when Michael would comb my hair when I was having a bad day.

In December when I wasn't feeling so well I decided that if I got a hair cut I would suddenly have energy and feel "spunky" again!  So, I did it, I cut off 10 inches and felt terrific for a day or so!  Why did I give my hair so much credit?

We do that though.  When we're not having a good day, it's a bad hair day.  When we wake up grumpy, there's bed hair to blame it on, what is it with our hair?

I knew it would be hard when the hair started coming out, what I didn't realize was that it was hard for everyone else in the family too.  Loni was insistent that she didn't want a bald mom!  

So, we decided to make a party of it to help it not be so scary.  I invited my good friend and hairdresser over, Sharice and the party began.  We tried all those "awesome" hair-dos that I'm sure if I were a teenage boy I would have dreamed of having.  Steps, mohawk, mullet, shaved Clark's name in the side and even shaved it all except the bangs....  We laughed until we cried.

You know, it isn't so bad, and honestly it's not really all gone.  I looked at a poster hanging by Ike's bed the other night and realized that my hair looks a lot like a Minion head! 

The night I shaved my head, because it was coming out in handfuls, Clark sang me this country song by Randy Travis.....

They say that time takes it's toll on a body
Makes the young girls brown hair turn grey
But honey, I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair
And if it all fell out, well, I'd love you anyway

What a sweetheart, that's what I needed to hear.

Reasons I love being bald:

1.  My Dad said that I can let a shampoo bottle last for years!  Only problem is getting sick of the same scent!  Think of all the money saved on hair products!

2.  I have to be somewhere in 10 minutes, no problem, I still have time for a shower!  No more waiting for hair to dry.

3. Millie quickly learned to say, "pretty hat, pretty scarf, pretty eyes, pretty smile Mommy"  I love that.

4.  I asked Michael what he thought of his Mom being bald, he put his hand on my forehead and the other on my chin and said, "It does not matter Mom because between here and here you are still beautiful!"  I love that!

5.  A no hair day is better than a bad hair day!

6.  Save all sorts of time getting ready, just throw on a hat

7.  Love wearing a hat to church


We're all getting used to it, Loni even said the other day she didn't care if I wasn't wearing a hat all the time, as long as I wore it outside the house at all times!  That's improvement, I'll take it.  

It will grow back, it's just hair.  In the meantime I'll enjoy the benefits of a life of ease without hair, and time and money saved.  I've learned to love myself for what is inside rather than out.  My children are learning to see differences in a new light that they would not have seen otherwise.  That is a beautiful lesson.  

I'm still Lisa, hair or no hair, it's still me.  Feeling grateful I still have my lashes and eyebrows, that might have been a different story!