An Extreme Makeover
Today, I had my hair cut. Look:
I'd been growing my hair for a long time. No, really, I HAVE and it hasn't been just that I'm too apathetic to go get it cut. (Okay, so it might have started that way.) But I've been thinking about this for a long time because I wanted to donate it to the organization called "Locks of Love" in the name of my friend J. B. Brown, who has some bad, bad cancer. They take donations of hair if it's ten inches or longer. Mine measures a bit more than that.
Locks of Love is an organization that helps disadvantaged sick kids who have lost their hair due to a medical diagnosis by giving them hair prosthetics. It can't help J. B. exactly, but since I can't help him either, I thought maybe doing something in the spirit of a good man seemed appropriate. He may never know about it, but I like the idea of sowing a little bit of his sort of kindness into the world.
Anyway. I made my husband take some pictures of me, which just may be a first for me as an adult. (I mean, the last time I begged for a picture was when I lost my first tooth, I think.)
Here it is, the haircut in all its glory.
There was about another four inches of hair on the floor so it's a fairly drastic change. I'm a little concerned about being hideous because I know my spouse doesn't like short hair but he, true to form, answered all questions correctly.
Barb: Do you like it?
Coop: Yes, I like it.
Barb: Does it make me look younger?
Coop: Yes, it makes you look younger.
Barb: How about thinner? Does it make me look thinner?
Coop: MUCH thinner.
Love him.
But J.B.? This one is for you. With much, much (locks of) love.
I'd been growing my hair for a long time. No, really, I HAVE and it hasn't been just that I'm too apathetic to go get it cut. (Okay, so it might have started that way.) But I've been thinking about this for a long time because I wanted to donate it to the organization called "Locks of Love" in the name of my friend J. B. Brown, who has some bad, bad cancer. They take donations of hair if it's ten inches or longer. Mine measures a bit more than that.
Locks of Love is an organization that helps disadvantaged sick kids who have lost their hair due to a medical diagnosis by giving them hair prosthetics. It can't help J. B. exactly, but since I can't help him either, I thought maybe doing something in the spirit of a good man seemed appropriate. He may never know about it, but I like the idea of sowing a little bit of his sort of kindness into the world.
Anyway. I made my husband take some pictures of me, which just may be a first for me as an adult. (I mean, the last time I begged for a picture was when I lost my first tooth, I think.)
Here it is, the haircut in all its glory.
There was about another four inches of hair on the floor so it's a fairly drastic change. I'm a little concerned about being hideous because I know my spouse doesn't like short hair but he, true to form, answered all questions correctly.
Barb: Do you like it?
Coop: Yes, I like it.
Barb: Does it make me look younger?
Coop: Yes, it makes you look younger.
Barb: How about thinner? Does it make me look thinner?
Coop: MUCH thinner.
Love him.
But J.B.? This one is for you. With much, much (locks of) love.
Comments
Back when my hair was waist length, I used to go once a year and donate a foot (of hair, not an actual foot. I need those!). The funniest part of it was that people rarely noticed that my hair was a whole 12 inches shorter...
Tell Coop I said, atta boy.
And, I'm SO jealous of your curls.
I don't think Coop likes it so much but I feel sort of reinvigorated or something. Like, I'm, um, exercising! Now I don't have to think about the whole "wash hair and give it two hours to dry" thing. And I actually went and bought some clothes yesterday, finally deciding that trying to wear my skinny clothes was just making me depressed. And so now that I have new clothes, I'll probably lose some weight, since that's how it seems to work. So, money well spent, right?
So, yes to suburbancorrespondent about how great it feels. And also how weird in the shower. I used WAY too much shampoo!
My daughter gave some hair to Locks of Love...I'm really proud of you for doing the same.
And Coop? Wow... he's a keeper. I wouldn't donate HIM in a million years!
Your hair looks gawgeous!!! I love how getting a hair cut can just make you feel like a million bucks without costing a million bucks. I so envy your curls. You actually do have wash and go hair now because of those curls and it will always look great.
Like some of the others, I didn't realize I had curls for years. I even used to get perms in the late 70s. Had round clown-like hair. Now I see I did not need that.
I just make mine random colors now (mostly ones found in nature)
it's called a "mitzvah" in the jewish religion...so, you've done a mitzvah...a good deed!
You could loan Coop out to train other husbands how to respond correctly. He's a smart/nice fella;)
I'm always told it's hard to cut curly hair and do it right.
N. Maria, I once had a stylist cut my hair who cut each curl individually. As in, totally uneven and looked terrible. Because anyone with curly hair knows that it doesn't curl the same way twice! Another girlfriend of mine was so frustrated with that very thing that she founded www.naturallycurly.com It's a great resource for those of us with curls.
DK, I walked into Ana and Jane's school yesterday morning for a quick meeting and not one single person commented on my hair cut. And these are people I see every day!
Also a gorgeous thing that you did - donating you locks - nd having the patience to grow it long enough.