This morning, while putting my hair in a ponytail, standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom, I noticed something....a new grey hair! Come on!!! (Its bad enough that I have my Aunt pointing out to me the age that I will be this year...OMG...seriously..I don't think I will be that AGE, what happened?? But that's another BLOG.) I have a few more grey hairs...and I know there are some that welcome this change, a sign of maturity, dignity...BUT NOT ME...I run and hide and cry over a new grey hair....I still feel 16!! What has happened?? While trying not to focus on the grey hair that is sticking right out(why is it that all greys kinda go kinky??) I thought about why I was getting them. Then it came to me...it was because of my children!! Did I have greys before kids?? NO!! One of the downsides to having children!!! That and stretch marks(but again that is another BLOG)!!
While washing my face, it started to come together...the thought process of grey hair. We get our first grey during pregnancy, more around the time when we realize that THAT BABY has to come out of THERE....after seeing videos at those birthing classes. I have to admit...Matt and I went for the first child...I freaked out when seeing pics for the first time and hearing and reading what was going to happen to me. It was then that I realized, perhaps we didn't think this whole thing through....could we turn back the clock...please!!! We even skipped the last class....we knew what was going to happen and we paid just over three hundred dollars to be terrified??? So that is the story of the FIRST grey hair. During the birthing process you receive a few more grey hairs....come on...who wouldn't!! My kids were 10 pounds and 12 ounces, 11 pounds and 6 ounces and the last child was an even 10 pounds....so yah...I got some more grey hairs!!! AND they weren't C-Sections...naturally and the epidurals were late!!!
So with three kids, two of which are boys...I am bound to get some more grey hair. Then throw in a husband(cause all us ladies know that our husbands can be kids at times.....and we love them dearly!!)...I'm bound to have my share of grey hairs. Now this new grey hair....it came last night after spending an hour trying to help Josh, my six year old, do his Math homework.....and it was only addition!!! We got to the point where I knew he was finished when I asked him, "what is 2 plus 4?" and he was using all his fingers to count and answered, "14?" AND it just wasn't simple adding...the teacher was doing a different way of adding, counting by tens...which honestly, I don't know why she did this, whats wrong with the old way of adding 22 + 42....that's where Josh was getting lost and I was ready to RUN to the LCBO to quench my frustration!! BUT he finally saw a small light of understanding......and we left it at that!!!
So that's where the NEW grey hair came from. I have three kids, two which are boys....I am afraid that I'll be totally grey by the end of Grade 8. I'm scared to see what high school brings...but by then, I would have bought shares in L'Oreal Hair Colouring and I wont care. But right now...when I feel too young for the greys....it makes me sad....and I settle for blaming the kids....which in turn they feel bad and give me extra hugs!! So all in all.....everything kinda works out!
PS. DON'T tweeze your greys....they just come back...coarser and kinkier!!
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