Confession: I’ve been thinking a lot about hair. I don’t know why.
It could be for joy at the new-blown fuzz covering my sister’s head. It might be remembering a little 5-year-old I met, who grew hers out long to donate to Wigs for Kids. It could be that I just tried out a new veil pattern that left my family dubious and my friends howling. It was shaped like a stingray and looked like a cross between Injun Joe and the Pioneer Mama. I really liked it. It could be that…
(But I’m not leading up to a treatise on the head covering. So sorry to disappoint.)
I’m curious—what do you think about the hair of a lady? And more specifically, about your own? If you could use three words to describe it (or your wife’s–I have to put this in so my coonskin-cap-wearing friend Merle knows he can join the conversation) what would they be? Don’t be shy now.
You may post anonymously if you wish, using your age in place of a name. I might know who you are, but I promise not to tell. Example:
29
Long, straight, boring
33
Silky, classy, gorgeous
68
Short, silver, low-maintenance
18
Blonde, curly, pain-in-the-neck
Can you tell me? Nothing you say will be used against you. I promise.
“Numbered by Him” I know these aren’t all adjectives, but you didn’t say they had to be so I took my liberties. Don’t know how He ever kept track of mine with all it’s coming and going.
Now I feel obligated. I can think of a few words, but I would probably blush writing them here. The Bible says long hair is a woman’s glory. Ok, now there’s a word I can endorse. Glorious, glorious, GLORIOUS! (there’s your three words) Why any woman would like short hair is beyond my wildest comprehension.
Maybe it is because you never had long hair. I had no hair for awhile. When it grew back and was about the length of men’s hair–I confess, I marveled at the ease of caring for it! But I am very grateful to have my hair back, and will happily comb it, even if it takes more time. But yes, I do understand why women like short hair.
Okay, let me rephrase that. Why any man would like women to have short hair is beyond my wildest comprehension!
long, thin, frustrating!
BUT I’m thankful I have it. I have a friend who has none. At all. I think a wig would be much more frustrating than my wayward hair.
Long, straight, easy-to-manage
Red, straight, dry
Falling Out Fast (it’s called having a baby 🙂 :P)
46
Brown-with-grey, wavy, coarse, falling out (due to hypothyroidism), almost middle of my back length
Long, dark, indecisive.
That’s because it can’t make up its mind to be straight or wavy, fine or coarse. At thirty-something, I look forward to the gorgeous pure white it will be someday but wish the preview wasn’t quite so soon.
I can testify to the fact that when I prayed in frustration that my hair was *supposed* to be glorious…well, I found some answers on how to deal with it.
My wife’s: Long, rich, mysterious.
black, fun-to-work-with length and thickness, unpredictable. 🙂
I am fascinated with why you’re doing this? 🙂
naturally two-toned, trimmed, wavy
Middle of my back. Dark, extremely curly with a lot of frizz. I have a serious love/hate relationship with my hair.
Exactly what Treva said.
long, beautiful, frustrating
Whine, whine…why can’t we have 6 words?????
Lengthening, thickening, stretching-to-my-finger-tips.
It’s really not supposed to be doing this to a 63 yr old lady…but i have to confess, it’s beautiful!!
I love your hair, Barb, and I think Shari should invite you to do a guest post on how to have beautiful, sleek, lengthening, thickening white hair at 63. I’m just 32 and I must confess that I see mine going the other direction much more quickly than I like.
Oooo, I haven’t stopped by here for a while but I LOVE hair. mmmm. Have since I was a little girl.
My own? thin, slippery and flat.
highlighted, shoulder-blade length, straightening iron!
greying, thin, frizzy
fluffy, frizzy, fickle–I say this because it has a mind of its own. I can comb it but still have curls and frizzles wherever they happen to be! I am not one of these ladies that can have their hair look the same and be perfect all the time!! I have always liked my hair though!!
beautiful. red. long.
I know you.
48
Long, shiny, gray-white
I am thankful for a head of hair, but when I’m not feeling well, it is so much work to comb!!!! 🙂
“My pet peeve”, “for his benefit”, so he’d better not complain when he finds it “in his dinner”. And “wigs for kids” has been a dream of mine! I’m wondering how God feels about that one?