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The Unkindness of a Hair-clipping Mom
During the cooler months, I tend to let my children’s hair venture a bit past the neck and edge toward shagginess. Since we live in California, our coldest part of winter is pretty short lived before the bright sun and warmer days begin to emerge. It is at this time we journey to the beautician to break free of our ‘winter coat’. A short while back, I realize that the colder days are coming to their early close and my son’s hair was long overdue for a bit of a trim. Therefore, a tidy hair cut became priority number 1 on the next day’s agenda. Unfortunately, the beautician was out of town on an international vacation. So, feeling a bit adventurous, I took a quick look at his bangs and thought “how hard could it be…?”
Ask any adult and they usually have a tale to tell about when they were privy to an overzealous haircutting sibling or when they decided to makeup their own doo. In addition and ironically, most of these journeys of beautifying oneself came shortly before picture day. I remember my own first cut. It started with me, scissors and handful of hair from the right side of my head. It ended with my mother, her hand on my backside and threats of doom if I ever did it again. And yes, it was the day before pictures. There must be a time when a child passes this haircutting rite of passage and goes on to lead a normal life free of urges to take scissors in hand. But, what about when later in life, that same child who is now an adult has a momentary lapse of reason and becomes a parent thinking that an omission of beauty school is of no consequence…and then proceeds to deliver a hack, chop and “Uh-oh! We need the clippers” fleecing on their innocent little one’s noggin? Yep, you guessed it! But, let’s rewind moment so that I can walk you through that night.
I dug out my hair clippers with the colorful variety of blades. I chose what I thought would be a thick forgiving clipper, allowing the child to keep a good inch or so of hair. I was gentle around the ears and pretty careful around the neck. Everything was going great until I hit the bangs. Attempting to go with the flow of the hair, I began at the part. Amazingly, I observed a lop of my son’s hair falling to the floor as it was shorn almost clear down to the scalp. Yet, as I followed along with the wave of his hair, the clippers would only cut slight sprigs and strands of hair along the rest of the stroke. Although I could tell that I had things a bit uneven, I pursued the styling with snips from the scissors here and there, a couple more quick zaps from the clippers and at last, and to my pleasant surprise, his hair looked pretty well groomed. I congratulated myself and figured we could spare the extra dollars for the three individuals in our family that regularly visit the hair salon.
The notion was short lived however when my son awoke the next morning. After he was dressed and ready for school, I took comb and gel in hand. I smoothed and I stroked, lifted and scrunched and attempted to work that little head of hair for many moments until I finally realized that it was uneven, crooked, quite a mess and totally uncool. It was a blessing that my young man was still in the early years of grade school. Had this happened any later in his life as a lad, I firmly believe he would have refused to go to school until an urgent meeting with some stand-in hairdresser was called to order. But, lucky for me, he was happier to be rid of his shaggy bangs than he was peeved at his uneven cut.
A couple days passed and we were counting the hours until Lee resumed her position back at her barber’s chair to bring harmony back to my son’s earnest head. Another lesson has been learned. As a mom, maybe I can scare away the boogeyman. I can also make a mean chocolate chip cookie and bring clarity to math homework. There are plenty of skills that I can confidently present to my kids; however, my jack of all trades ability stops cold at bringing order to an overgrown head of hair. This is fine with me. Lee is happy because she has a solid position in our monthly budget as hairstylist. My sons are happy because they can add another subject to the list of women in their lives who pamper them. And me…I am just happy because this story allows me another one of those sobering and harmlessly humorous moments that brings a smile of acceptance to my imperfect life as a mom.
About the Author
Sherri Dodd has chosen a lifestyle of fitness since taking up racquetball at age fourteen. Always aspiring to teach others the benefits of exercise and eating right, she transformed her lifestyle into a career shortly after becoming an ACE-certified Personal Trainer and an ACE-certified Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant.
Since that time, she has trained individually, at a prestigious swim and racquet club and has developed departmental fitness programs for one of Silicon Valley’s most respected corporations. Combining the joy of becoming a full-time mother with her fitness goals, Sherri kept notes of her physical recovery from two pregnancies and decided to expand the notes into her first published book, Mom Looks Great. After a few years online, Mom Looks Great was re-edited and made into an ebook.
EXCITING! Most recently, Sherri was recruited as Head Coach and spokesperson to Slimvia, a new and innovative approach to food cravings through the use of natural supplementation. Sherri is also a Kickboxing Instructor, Self-Defense Instructor, and a freelance writer on the subjects of exercise, nutrition and the lighter side of motherhood.
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