Gratitude Project 2010: day 10

[beltainelady]

Today I am grateful for my hair. I have very fine, thin, fragile hair that breaks and splits if you look at it funny. Since I was young, it's been permed, straightened, curled, colored and every other process known to man. I've had various cuts, colors and styles. And it's always been difficult to maintain.

A few months before moving to Birmingham, I shaved myself bald, figuring that a black and purple Mohawk wouldn't go over to well in 'Bama. Since then, I've done nothing to it other than boost my natural color with henna. It hasn't even been trimmed.

And my hair is thicker and healthier than it's ever been before. It's grown in naturally and has it's own natural layering. It actually has body! I won't be touching it until it really needs a trim; in two years I've turned my hair from a limp mess into a rather nice head of hair. If I want a severe change, I'll just wear a wig from now on.

Yeah...so it's a little narcisstic, but I really AM grateful.

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I totally get that. I'm grateful for my hair, too. It's naturally fine and wavy, and can become easily tangled. That tangle-prone hair drove my mom to distraction when I was little, and at her urging, I got it chopped off short when I was 8 (hated it), and then got it permed when I was 10. I continued to get it permed until my hairdresser tried a new perm solution on me, and it fried my hair. This was before I started grad school. I went to a new hairdresser at the semester break, and she told me that if she permed my hair, it would break off. She suggested chopping off about six inches and wearing it straight. I did so. I missed my long hair, though, so I eventually let it grow out again. Now, it's long, wavy, and rather lush, even if it IS still somewhat fine and tangle-prone. But it's not fried, and it's not short! I'm happy. :)