{"id":2503,"date":"2008-09-07T19:58:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T00:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2008-09-07T19:58:30","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T00:58:30","slug":"mama-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2008\/mama-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama crop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children influence you in unexpected ways. For example, Rosie encouraged me to try a new haircut. <\/p>\n

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Not only was I admiring Rosie’s short, soft locks, but I was also experiencing a great deal of pain every time Rosie wound her strong, saliva-moistened hands into my hair. No kind of ponytail or up-do would restrain her from grabbing the curls right at my scalp and yanking. And, of course, removing her little monkey hand was like trying to get a burr out of my unwieldy mane. I had had enough.<\/p>\n

So, inspired by Rosie, and a character’s impromptu haircut in my “latest read”:http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0553583387\/octothorppres-20, plus my “good friend”:http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/tomaid who cropped hers, I decided to take the plunge. I scheduled an appointment and got to work, obsessively googling “short curly hair” to try to find some visuals of the look I wanted.<\/p>\n

I have chopped off my hair a couple of times in my adult life, with mixed results. It is often hard to know what the curly hair will end up looking like — it sometimes just springs up with a life of its own, without any regard to my wishes. But, I’m really pleased with how my hair turned out. For the first time in my life, I have been getting my haircut regularly (if twice a year can be “regular”) from the same person. “Danielle”:http:\/\/celebritysalon.biz\/ takes plenty of time, listens really well to learn what I want, and knows just how to cut my hair — plus, she’s loads of fun! This time, I showed her “some”:http:\/\/girlhairstyles.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/short-curly-hair.html “photos”:http:\/\/www.just-hairstyles.com\/curly\/c60.htm of the look I was going for, and she decided to cut my hair dry, so the curls wouldn’t give us surprises later — a stroke of genius.<\/p>\n

Lucy still recognized me the next morning, and I am so glad to not have to wrestle Rosie’s hand out of my hair during middle-of-the-night feedings anymore. I’m sure I’ll grow my hair out again, but short is certainly convenient for this stage of my life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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