I Can Remember The Girl I Was Back Then From Just Looking At My Hair!

      Time spent with my hubby is always fun, funny, very nice, and very thought-provoking. A 'Date Night' of pork chops, sauteed veggies, and some chocolate chip cookies with pecans led to a conversation about hair! We talked and laughed about how we have changed over the years, and what our current hair-dos and look are saying about us...and if it's actually reflecting who we feel we are!
      My wind-swept "Doo" in the header photo is saying that I don't mind making a fool out of myself as long as I'm with someone I love. :-) But I thought I'd share some of my more, shall I say, "talkative" hair-dos over the years! {Please forgive the un-clear....and out-of-focus in more ways than one...photos! ^_^}
     This photo was taken the night we arrived up North from Georgia. I was 12 years old. The hair-do was saying: "I'm tired...and I DON'T CARE what I look like!!" LOL

      Just looking at some of my 'HAIR' photos, you might wonder if I ever really got it done. Well, here's proof that I did. {Thought I should put that disclaimer here before I went any further!! LOL}

       Sometimes I straightened it with a hot comb. Sometimes I wore it in an afro. My afro-"do" had to be preceeded by a lot of braids.

        The braids would give it that curly, thicker look!...And Oh Yeah! I used to wear me some afro!!! ^_^

      Ahhh! The good old days! ^_^ But afros weren't my only "Do"! I also went through a spell with the 'Powder Puffs'!

       As you can see, I even wore my 'Powder Puffs' to work. What was I thinking?! And what was my hair saying about me then?!! LOL It was probably saying: "Oooo! You're such a professional....

    ...'Doh Doh'!!! LOL
     I even, on occasion, pulled all of my hair to the side to make one BIG 'Puff'!!

        ...And let me just stop and say right here, that it amazes me how much I don't look like I was feeling at the time. I was feeling very confident and in touch with who I was....but I look like I was insecure and didn't know how to do my hair!! LOL WHATEVER!! ^_^
      I went through another hair stage where I parted my afro in the middle and combed the top of it down. In this picture my nephew was probably thinking: "WHY, Auntie?!!" LOL

        But I really liked this look....for a while!

      I sometimes just wore the braids too though.

      I would keep a hat handy for when I had to hide my 'cute' though! LOL

      Those were the days when my hair was saying: "Be YOU, Girl! You are not your hair!" :-]
      It was easier, hair-wise, on those days because I didn't have to worry about wind, rain, potions, and trying to lean my head just right so I could make it look cute!! :-)

       But, clearly, there were days when I just let my 'Freaky Hair-Do' flag fly!! LOL

       ...Or I just covered it up all together!! LOL

      On some of these days hubby would look at my head with that "WHY, Baby,.....why?!!" look too! LOL

     But, as the header photo shows, he can't talk!! He's had some interesting hair....or NON-hair days himself!

         He wants me to add the disclaimer that this photo was this morning before he shaved or combed his.......whatever!! LOL {By the way, in the picture above this one, where he's all dressed up, he says I was singing to him and he was just very emotional. That he wasn't looking at my hair at all!...That's his story, and he's sticking to it! LOL}
       Hey! Everybody has their issues these days. For me it's been hair. For some it's gas prices...

     ....for others, it's simply...

     ...ISSUES!!! ^_^ ...Go ahead! Take your best shot!!! :-))


Be The Best You Can Be

I live my life every day,
trying to be the best I can,
so that I am not affected
by the degrading words of man.

If "I" know who I am,
then I don't care what others think;
I don't end up in some bar,
trying to hide my pain with drink.

Oh Yes! THEY have opinions
on what THEY think you should do,
on how you wear your hair,
where you should go, also with who!

I nod and give a grin,
respecting what they want to say;
but it's my own thoughts that count
at the end of the day.

It makes it so much easier
when I'm being the best I can;
Then I feel good about my choices;
I don't fear words from any man!