"Wow! The last time I saw you your hair was black!"To be sure, I am part of a small minority of women who do not color their hair. Good grief; my first grey hair appeared when I was still in high school. But apparently, in the last five or so years, my hair has made the leap from looking mostly black to looking mostly white. Oh, well....
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Hair Raising Experience
Last week an acquaintance was quick to remind me how obvious it is that I have aged. Even though I wrote and joked about aging a couple of months ago, I love being 45. I thought that the changes have been gradual....that I'm aging gracefully. But it reckons that for people who haven't seen me from week to week, the change, in particular of my hair color, has been stark. So there I was at a luncheon with some "old" friends and acquaintances most of whom I hadn't seen in several years....and as soon as one of these acquaintances saw me she exclaimed,
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i will totally rock my grays.
xo
I remember when I was in high school, your parents were coming to visit and I got to pick them up at the airport. As I was watching for them to get off the plane, I caught sight of your mom and her hair was much whiter than it was the last time I had seen her. I thought it was so beautiful!
Mary, you totally rock everything.
And Betsy, it's always an encouragement when people think "old white hair" is beautiful....
good for you for keeping your hair its natural color. i plan to do that as well.
and a totally unrelated question: do you still use cast iron to cook? i recall years ago when i went over to your house, you were seasoning a skillet in the oven. i am trying to wean myself off using easy peasy but toxic non-stick pans. is cast iron a lot of upkeep? unfortunately, any maintenance seems like a big hassle these days when nearly every commercial product is engineered for ease..
We use cast iron for almost all cooking. Yes, cast iron requires some finesse...but the health benefits are worth it.
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