In the thirty three years my wife Faith and I have been together I've come to know how special a person she is...She puts up with me so must have the patience of an angel but, all jokes aside, she is an incredible person and has so many qualities to value - She's not perfect; No one ever is, however just when I think she's expended her awesomeness, she'll roll out something new and amazing...I really am fortunate to have her in my life.
Don't worry, I'm not going to blab on about how awesome she is, but I thought it would be cool to post about something she did today.
First some background. In the thirty three years we have been together she has never once had someone else cut or style her hair; She has done it herself completely. Ok, so that's not so interesting I guess...But the word completely relates to all aspects of her hair care, including cutting. Yes. she cut's her own hair.
Faith has reasonably long hair currently, you can see an image below taken this afternoon. You can see she's also wearing a cape in preparation for her cut, and if you're really switched on you'll notice she's growing out a colour.
She used to have far longer hair in her 20's but she prefers to keep it shorter these days as it's easier to look after. This is why it came as no surprise when she announced last week that she was going to cut it off.
She asked me what I thought and I told her I don't mind either way as she'll look good no matter what. As if I was going to say anything else! I meant it though, and so she set to work this afternoon.
Faith is cutting what's called a concave bob which means the back section of hair is shorter than the front her's is also weighted slightly to the right as that's how her hair works. The image below shows how she uses clips to section-off her hair so she can make accurate cuts and make sure it's even rather than wonky.
It's actually an interesting thing to watch however I rarely stay around to watch as my comments rarely add any value to the process and I'd rather not risk being blamed for it all fucking up. A lot of concentration is required as she cuts using a mirror and operates the scissors with both hands, meaning her natural right and also the left.
I tiptoed in like a quiet little mouse to grab these images about thirty minutes ago and the next time I see her it'll be complete, styled and blow-dried...Hopefully it looks close to what she intended.
Waiting...Waiting...Waiting...
Faith has done this before, cut her hair dramatically shorter than the existing style, and as I said earlier she has also had far longer hair also; I don't mind either way. For me a person is not what they look like, their true self comes from within. Yes, physical appearance and attraction is important, very important, however physical appearance is never enough to change my opinion of who a person is within, their true self.
Still waiting...Waiting...Waiting...
Done!
There it is y'all...The new style. I think she did a good job, although I'm no expert of course. She's pretty happy with it and is going to stick with the shorter style for a little while, maybe a year. She's lucky in that her hair grows very quickly so if she decides she wants it down at her waist then a year later there it is.
Yeah, I'm a lucky dude really...I have an awesome partner who, despite all the odds, seems to want to stick around with me, and one that has some awesome attributes. I don't really care what her hair looks like because I love her for her, not how she looks; We're happy and life's pretty good...And that's the long and short of it.
Tonight we're watching a movie and then the Formula One Grand Prix race live from Silverstone, England. Of course, dinner has to happen too. Alas, that's one area where Faith doesn't excel; Cooking isn't her thing and she doesn't like doing it. We make do though, like I said, no one is ever perfect. Besides...
It's our faults, frailties and imperfections that make each of us uniquely individual and perfectly us...Right?
I hope y'all have had a great weekend so far and if there's any of it left you make the most of it.
I'll catch you next time.
Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - Tomorrow isn't promised.
Be well
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