NINE!!!!!!!!!!!

This curly haired little pixie of a child is nine today....nine years ago, I was feeling a little icky and went to bed early...only be woken hours later by a gush and the beginning of my little lady to make her way to us. She was two weeks early, and we had no idea if she was a she...but there she was tiny in her 6 lb self and gorgeous, my most vivid memory in the haze of those first few days was how gorgeous her little lips were. The color looked like she had come to us with lipstick on. Everyday this lady shows us how to be grateful and kind and all around better people and we are ever so lucky that she came to us and that we can call her our daughter. She has grand ideas about her place in the world and she seems to be trying on new styles and personalities right now trying to find her fit...so today we let her try on another dimension and have a few blue streaks in her hair at her big salon day with friends. Where this bright, caring , concientious little lady will go is anyone's guess but one thing I am sure of she will go there with grace and gratitude. We love you Bronwyn wishing you many more days of creativity and blossoming!!

My girl...

My girl got her very first haircut today. Yes she is in fact 8 yrs old. But that is the way with really curly hair. You can't even tell it is really long because it boings up! So my lovely lady has asked me for a couple of months to get a haircut. I hemmed, I hawed, I tried to pretend I forgot...but then I realized I had to let go. I had to let her have some say. I had to trust her and her image of what she saw for herself. So she and I wandered over to Clare to see my guru Trisha. I am not sure Bronwyn slept much last night. When I went to check on her she looked like it was Christmas Eve not haircut eve. She was a little excited and worried and concerned. A quote, "You have told me my whole life to not let anyone have scissors around my head and now you tell me to let someone have scissors around my head. It freaks me out." She is very wise my girl! And I am not certain I have ever specifically said "don't let anyone have scissors around your head" but that is what stuck in her 8 yr. old brain. But the results are wonderful and what made it even more wonderful was the smile that came up onto that stunning little face. It came from her very deepest inside and she looked happy, glowy, pleased, and proud. Now that is a haircut!!! Don't you wish everyone you got could evoke all those feelings!! That would be worth the tip! And my little lady even asked Trisha to straighten her crazy curls just so she could see what it would be like for a couple of days to have straight hair! And look at her...she hardly seems the same girl...I think I brought home the wrong kid. This older looking child could not possibly be my first born...sigh...alas it is...in all her beauty inner and outer she is mine and I like many other parents have not yet figured out to hold back time...Congrats Bronwyn on your vision and instinct you were right on the nose!!

New Do!!

I finally did it! I let the lovely Tricia of Salon Che Bella play with my hair. She gave me highlights and lowlights and straightened it (which I will never be able to get it to look like this again!!). I never thought of myself as someone who would get their hair colored. Many reasons...seemed a little high maintenance and not true to myself...but now having had them for a mere few hours I feel really good!! I feel like I look on the outside like I feel on the inside!! Plus going to see Tricia is always a joy...she is delightful as a person and a miracle worker besides!!