Before the Chop After the Chop When HmG let me know she was ready to do her own hair, I thought there was something special I had to do to make it easier for her. I remember brushing her soaking wet hair into a ballet bun for a competition and thinking to myself, "this is a whole lot of hair." Would HmG be overwhelmed? HmG's hair grows naturally in layers, but all of her layers were long. The layer from her crown to nape stretched down to her waist. She has a lot of strands and each strand is thick. I thought to myself there was just no way she could handle it. We talked about it briefly and decided to chop off three inches, hoping it wouldn't be too noticeable to others. First, the chop was very noticeable to others. I was dismayed to watch HmG explain over and over why her hair was suddenly so short. She had to explain it for months. After a few months she stopped thinking a hair cut was a plausible answer and simply agreed that her hai
Growing in treasuring my girls, and sharing what I am learning along the way.