Thursday, January 5, 2012
Grey hair
So my body wants to keep reminding me that I am almost thirty. I have a lone grey hair that has been with me for months now. I decided not to pull it out because it keeps me humble and reminds me of my mortality, which I do need a lot of reminding of. It really is a good spiritual practice for me. Anyway, today was the last straw when I was trying on sunglasses at Target and I look in the mirror and the singular atrocity was standing straight up. "I don't need that much humility," thought I as I attempted to pluck it right there. However, rather than succombing to being pulled out like a weed, the hair decided to curl. So now I have a lone curly gray hair on the top of my head, reminding me of my humility, mortality, and that I will ultimately be defeated by age. Encouraging, right?
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They say that if you pluck out a grey hair, then no hair will ever grow back in that spot. So at least you won't be humble, old and bald! :)
So great to see you last week!
Ha ha! I love your story- I pulled out two gray hairs last week and about had a heart attack. I thought you had to have kids to have gray hairs! Oh well- I'm sure you still look beautiful.
Love reading about the new house :-)
Cindy (Stuck) Kuypers
Welcome to the gray hair club, every time I get a haircut there is far more salt than pepper! -Davey
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