Hi, my name is Lori, and I'm a thirty-six-year-old mother of two teenagers.
I was married when they were both born, but unfortunately, ours has been a one parent household for the past eight years. My husband died and I haven't remarried.
My oldes...
Arriving at the hairdresser, we went inside and I checked us in at the counter.
"This is Candi," I told the girl. "She has an appointment."
The girl looked us up in the book and confirmed our appointment. She then asked Candice what she wanted done.
I quickly spoke up and answered before Candice could say anything, "She wants something done with her hair to make it more pretty. Something soft and feminine, highlights, waves . . . "
Candice looked at me with pleading eyes, and I just smiled back.
The young lady Christine, who was seeing to us said, "Something with a heavy perm in it, that should last at least all summer or more. With its shortish length, there's not a lot I can do with it, however . . ."
She opened a book of hairstyles and began to flip pages.
"I can give you something unmistakable feminine. I can do a short soft pixie cut, like this . . . "
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She stopped on another page and pointed.
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". . . Or with an under shave . . . "
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"Perhaps this?"
"No," I interjected. "Nothing that short. It's too short now, she's actually trying to grow it out."
Christine quickly turned a few more pages, looking for something in particular.
"How about some cute, curly layers like one this here . . ."
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". . . or a playful soft twist. A messy, low maintenance 'I woke up like this' look."
I looked at Candice.
"Sweetheart, it's your hair and you should get to choose how it's styled. Now, which of these two do you like," I asked referring to the last two styles.
She sighed and then hesitantly replied, "Not this one, the one before it."
"Now keep in mind," Christine informed her, turning back a page. "It will be shorter than this, only covering about half your ear, due to your current length, but it will grow. You should have a length about the same as the girl in the picture by the end of summer. So this is the one you want?"
I replied for her. "Yes, that would be fine. Oh, one more thing. Can you go back to that last short cut you showed us?
