Something kept catching my eye in the mirror recently.
Could it be what I really think it is?
As I orbit around the sun heading toward celebrating my 60th birthday mid-year in 2023, could I finally be seeing what I’d been wishing for?
That something that not all women embrace, but that thing I’ve been eagerly anticipating?!
Around 10 am this morning sitting in the chair with Missy, the gal who does my hair standing behind me, I said, “Do I have some gray hair? I think I’ve spotted some of late” as I pointed to a few sparkles in my bangs.
She parted my hair at the top of my head near the crown and said, “yup, you have a few back here too.”
“Oh my gosh,” I said. “I’m SO excited!!” And I meant it. I am thrilled! We high-fived.
Then we both had a good laugh about it. Because this is not the “normal” reaction she encounters. But instead often hears in exasperation, “cover up the gray!” And Missy noted how clients sometimes seem to forget, Missy in her mid-40s is almost all gray – and it looks beautiful on her. Something she embraced too and I’ve long admired that.
Women and our hair – what a time of transition many of us will go through with it. I’ve certainly had my moments over the past few years. At times having a few meltdowns because my hair isn’t what it used to be. While it’s always been thin, it has gotten thinner, and that has been difficult to embrace at times.
How my mom warned me not to go down the “rabbit hole” of trying different “magical potions” and admittingly a few I did try with no real visible results. But then realized I just needed to be okay with where I am at which I’m happy to say I embrace most of the time now, though a few sprinkles of frustration occur now and then. But I’m able to let it go quicker than before.
And that is a celebration to take a step toward embracing ‘what is.’ And a celebration for the added few sparkles I now see when I look in the mirror, which I asked Missy to please NOT cover up as she proceeded to give me a few highlights mixed in with lowlights.
Perhaps it’s hard to see in the photo, those few grays of sparkle. But I know they are there and it feels like a special passage.
Are there other gray hair embracer’s out there?!
XO
Barb
