HAIR

I have many regrets and they all have to do with hair. -smile

My mom would try to brush my hair when I was little but I wasn't having any of it. Getting my hair brushed was so painful and so I avoided it at all costs. Sometimes my hair became quite knotty and matted. These showdowns to brush my hair often ended with one of us very upset. At one point the knot got so bad my mom had to cut it out with scissors.

She had to get creative so she could brush my hair. So she would pretend her name was Arlene and she worked in a salon in the south. Every time I heard Arlene's southern accent I would let her brush my hair. And Arlene was much more gentle with the brush than mom was! I used to beg mom for a visit from Arlene after that.