Hair

Good morning everyone. Is anyone still out there reading these posts? Just know that if you post a comment as anonymous, I don't know who you are to respond. And I can't respond back to the post directly, so if I don't have your email address, I can't send you an email offline. I truly enjoy reading your comments, and I"m sure they're entertaining for everyone else also, so keep posting my friends! I have had a couple posted from outsiders who are undesirable, so I've changed the process a bit - I'll have to approve the post before it's added, hopefully this will keep the bums away for this site.

Now on the with today's silly thoughts on hair....

Yesterday it finally happened. The small amount of hair that had been clinging to my head since the shaving incident decided it no longer wanted to be attached to my head. I'm not sure if it was my morning walk or the shower that offended it, but it clearly wanted to go. It fell out by the handsful (or is it handfuls?), and left me feeling a bit weepy.

But not to despair, I have an appointment today at Northside to get NEW HAIR! Can you believe that the doc can write a prescription for new hair? Indeed. It's called a cranial prosthesis. If they call it that rather than a wig, then insurance pays for it (in my case anyway). So I get new hair that is paid for. Cool beans. I've taken a quick poll among some of you, and it appears that brown with red highlights is a good option. The hilarious thing I found out is that the CP (cranial prosthesis) is made of real hair. When I asked where the hair comes from I was told that for some wigs, the hair comes from Asia or India. The hair from these wigs comes from women who grow their hair very long, shave their heads, and offer it to their Gods as an act of sacrifice. Then "they" (the Gods?) take the hair and sell it to wigmakers to bring to the U.S. Then the other option is a wig made from the finest hair, which comes from Europe. These are even more expensive. I asked if they had any plain-old domestic haired wigs, but they said in the U.S. all the home-grown hair goes to Locks of Love to make wigs for children, which was a good answer.

The whole sacrificing to the God's thing just made me a bit sad, so I'm going for the European hair. Of course now I have to worry about which European country it came from....lots of implications there and things I could say, but I'd probably upset someone so I'll just keep my thoughts to myself on that! When I actually get my new hair, I'll post pics so my good friend Ellen (aka chemosabe) can ridicule me.

I love you all and thank you for continuing to pray for me and our family. Know that I pray for you also.