With everything poised in the bedroom to start the wardrobe spring clean, I am safety sitting in a coffee shop feeling wonderful. You're probably thinking that I am procrastinating but I have already started. I have got rid of my hair!!
Well not all of it, but gone are the long straights locks that carried in the wind like leaves longing to be free from their branches. Like most things, I am not a normal girl when it comes to hair cuts. I don't have them regularly - it normally depends on the finances that are available. As, even though I am not a regular customer, I am brand loyal to Paterson SA in Edinburgh, who I have been going to for the last 15 years and I have never left disappointed. I do believe in getting the best with hair cut and something I think that is down to a stubborness in me who remembers watching her mum lose her hair because of chemotheraphy and how difficult it was to watch. It is also the reason why I would never shave my hair for charity.
So you see even though I don't go often, hair cuts for me means something more than just losing hair, it normally also means there is change a foot inside of me. It is a sign that I am ready to shake up the world that I live in and make a move in a slightly different direction.
Having written this down and finished my coffee, I feel that I ready to continue with Spring Clean Saturday!
What a lovely read that was and it has left me with a smile on my face. I too am like you when it comes to hair cuts, better to have it done infrequently and leave the salon feeling amazing than often and not so happy.
ReplyDeleteI share your sentiments with the chemo aspect as I know how hard it is to face the world without a big part of you and to have people stare. It is not until you lose something that you really appreciate how precious it is. Your hair style defines you, it keeps your head warm and it is like having cats whiskers, if you do not have a fine covering of hair on your head you feel vulnerable and exposed.
A beautiful philsophy Julia!
Lots of luck with your quest, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway! (Susan Jeffers)
Jessica Fenwick x