Block 62

Spider Web Stitch for Thickness

Give me a head with hair, 

long beautiful hair

Shining, gleaming, streaming, 

flaxen, waxen

Give me down to there,

hair, shoulder length or longer

Here baby, 

there, momma, 

everywhere, daddy, daddy 

Hair, 

flow it, 

show it

Long as God can grow, my hair.

 ~Chorus to the song Hair

Yep,

my 63nd Blessing

is my not just hair

but Thick Hair.

I am SO LUCKY

to be a third generation,

on both sides of the family tree

who had thick hair.

Now,

I'm not talking

just thick hair . . . 

I'm talking

T-H-I-C-K hair.

Hair,

that when cut,

would still be heavy 

and the cuttings 

on the floor

could have made

someone a great head of hair. 

Years ago,

when I got perms,

Jill would always

need to borrow

perm rollers from

everyone in the salon.

It must have taken her

at least an hour

to roll it.

Then, 

if I let it dry

and combed it out

it looked like

BOZO hair!

Well, not read,

but bushy . . .

I had always wanted hair

like Angela Davis

in the 1960's

and I could have

worn it in an Afro

if I had Jill shaped it. 

Modern Angela and 1960's/radical/Afro-headed Angela

Instead,

I would wash it

in the morning.

Then,

just before 

I walked out the door

I picked it out . . .

if not,

it was a rats nest.

 Then,

the last thing

was to spray it with 

a firm hairspray.

As it dried

through the day

(and most days

it was still wet

in the back at the

nape of the neck) 

I had a great set

of waves/curls.

LOVED IT!

Didn't have to mess

with it.

When I finally

outgrew the wanting

of a perm,

I changed to an 

ear length bob.

It worked great

in the winter.

Right after a cut,

I could go 

about 2 weeks 

without having to 

use a curling brush

and dryer.

Just let it air dry

and it laid beautiful.

Then,

2" barrel curling brush

and strong blow dryer.

Only bad thing

with this haircut

was the sumer months.

The hair was so thick

at the nape of my neck,

that the water 

just dripped down my neck

on the hot summer  days.

I found out

that a ponytail

took care of the sweating.

It lifted the hair

and air could get to

my scalp.

So now,

I get it cut in August

and then let it grow 

until the next August . . . 

gives me

 just the right length

for my summer pony.

Dear Lord,

Thank you for thick hair. It is so easy to take care of whether it is long or ear length . . . PLEASE keep me from cutting it shorter that ear length again . . . looked good to everyone else but I felt like a giant Q-tip.

My  hair also connects me to Grandma Pearl and Grandpa Gaumer . . . both had thick hair . . . especialy Grandpa. If I can keep my thick hair as long as he did,  then I will be very pleased.

Amen