Cutting Hair

Today we are having professional photographs done for the church directory, so I needed to do a little trimming of Gerry's hair.

This picture, of course, does not look at all like Gerry, but the cutting tool is the same.

 I have been cutting Gerry's hair for the past 33 years!   Of course, in the beginning, there was considerably more of it.  

Back then, I just used scissors. Now I use clippers. He hasn't been to a barber in that long.  So if you ever think his hair looks scruffy or is sticking out,  it is all my fault.

He always wears a hat in the winter, and where it fits around the head, inevitably there is "hat hair" which drives me nuts!  (even though there is very little hair)!

Back when I was 19 years old and in college,  my hair had grown too long over the summer and I didn't like it.  I went around the dorm and begged someone to cut my hair for me.  And someone finally took me up on that!  It ended up being a "buster brown" cut!   Hating that look, in desperation,  I took the scissors and made layers myself.

The truth is, I have been cutting my own hair now for more years than I want to publish!

Yes, I have grown it out a couple of times.  Yes, I have occasionally gone to the salon for a professional cut, but surprisingly,  I have never liked the result.

For me, it is all about how it feels on my head, and no one else but me can tell what that's like!

My hairdo always looks pretty much the same.

Now you know why!