Thursday, September 8, 2016
Todays a sad day. A new experience for our family. Today we had to put down our long time faithful companion, Bear. He was 12 1/2 years old, and that's really old in dog years. He was a 115 pound, loveable, big guy. He was the dog my husband and son always wanted. He was my protector. We could not have asked for a better dog. He will be greatly missed.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Going Authentic!
So I've had requests to blog about my going authentic journey. You may be wondering what I'm talking about....basically letting my natural gray hair shine through after colovering it (you like that new word I created? Colovering; to cover your natural hair color with chemical hair color.)
I've been thinking about "letting it go" ever since the Disney movie Frozen came out and I'm finally courageous enough to go for it. That movie came out VERY close to my birthday in 2013. It's a sign that it's time!!!
What's interesting about this whole idea is the reactions you receive from people around you. First off my hairdresser was not for it. I know mine had only my best interest at heart when she said it would make me look older. I knew I was ready when my answer to that was, "And is that a bad thing?" Of course close friends and family have different reactions but the tuff one is when my husband says, "I'm not sure I'm ready for that." Ouch!! Don't get me wrong, my husband is supportive in anything I want to do so I was surprised by his response. I really knew I was ready when I said back to him, "Your hair is quite gray and I love it!" End of discussion.
So after reading numerous blogs on how to go about the process, I learned several things. 1) There are a few options to get to the result: shave your head (nope, not doing that unless medically necessary), strip out all hair color to the lightest blonde you can get and dye it gray (bad for the hair and then I get the reverse problem of dark root grow in. No thanks.), let it grow out naturally (now that takes a confident women! I'm not there yet.), or have a professional soften the grow out line with low lights that blend with your hair color (expensive, but sounds more like my comfort level).
So I sat for 3 hours in the chair having my hair foiled to begin the process on May 5th, 2016. It had been 7 weeks since I had colored my roots on March 17th, 2016. So I guess March it is, the month I began.
Something else I learned from reading various blogs on this "life changing" decision, was that it was emotional. I'll go through lots of different emotions throughout this process that can take a couple years depending on how I go about it. I was glad I read different women's feelings as they travailed the grow out. Ok that's a bit of a strong word to describe this, but it was interesting to read what people went through and how they felt. But in the end, everyone said they were glad they did it. That's what I hope for too. Words like liberated, healthier, authentic, and beautiful were inspiring me to see this through.
I've been warned that there will be ruff days ahead. Knowing that helps. I've even shared my plans with everyone around me so they can emotionally be there when I feel like I can't. Or at least not judge me to harshly, like, "She's really let herself go." I will admit, the biggest worry I have is when my youngest son decides to marry, and who knows when that will be, and I will look like his grandmother in the photos. This could be the #1 deal breaker for me. Do I wait till my currently 21 year old son marries at some future time? I say no, I'm going for it!
I've been thinking about "letting it go" ever since the Disney movie Frozen came out and I'm finally courageous enough to go for it. That movie came out VERY close to my birthday in 2013. It's a sign that it's time!!!
So after reading numerous blogs on how to go about the process, I learned several things. 1) There are a few options to get to the result: shave your head (nope, not doing that unless medically necessary), strip out all hair color to the lightest blonde you can get and dye it gray (bad for the hair and then I get the reverse problem of dark root grow in. No thanks.), let it grow out naturally (now that takes a confident women! I'm not there yet.), or have a professional soften the grow out line with low lights that blend with your hair color (expensive, but sounds more like my comfort level).
So I sat for 3 hours in the chair having my hair foiled to begin the process on May 5th, 2016. It had been 7 weeks since I had colored my roots on March 17th, 2016. So I guess March it is, the month I began.
Something else I learned from reading various blogs on this "life changing" decision, was that it was emotional. I'll go through lots of different emotions throughout this process that can take a couple years depending on how I go about it. I was glad I read different women's feelings as they travailed the grow out. Ok that's a bit of a strong word to describe this, but it was interesting to read what people went through and how they felt. But in the end, everyone said they were glad they did it. That's what I hope for too. Words like liberated, healthier, authentic, and beautiful were inspiring me to see this through.
I've been warned that there will be ruff days ahead. Knowing that helps. I've even shared my plans with everyone around me so they can emotionally be there when I feel like I can't. Or at least not judge me to harshly, like, "She's really let herself go." I will admit, the biggest worry I have is when my youngest son decides to marry, and who knows when that will be, and I will look like his grandmother in the photos. This could be the #1 deal breaker for me. Do I wait till my currently 21 year old son marries at some future time? I say no, I'm going for it!
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