Grey hair

As I was getting myself ready for the day, I noticed a bright white hair showing in my copper colored ones. I know they are there, but I really don't like that they stand out so much more than they used to. I showed it to Brian and asked how I could miss such a stand out hair in all the red. Well, of course he has to point out that there is about 10 of them there. What!?!? Of course, he was kidding, but there were a few more than the one that so strikingly stood out to me. And of course, I had to investigate further to see if there really was more than the one. Mostly I found blonde or lighter red hairs mixed in there, but yes indeed, there were more white ones than I like to think about. I don't know if it is just because of my age or not, but I seem to notice alot more of them in the 2 years since my illness. I think that may have contributed to some of it, but I know that my genetics have something to do with it also. Grandpa John was white for as long as I can remember and I think mom's would be too if not for some help in covering it up.

Not so long ago, I had an elderly lady come up to me in WalMart to compliment my hair color. I've kind of become accustomed to it as it happens often. She asked if it was natural and proceeded to tell me how hers was that color once. And, it was obvious that the color in her hair was not a natural red. :) My great aunt Pat once told me that hers was my color too and that it just went white/grey overnight. Oh, joy! just what I wanted to look forward to.

I guess aging is inevitable, but after so many years I have become accustomed to having a beautiful shade of red. This, despite the fact that I hated it as a child. I guess the other kids were just jealous and felt they had to call me names to take the focus off themselves. I know that now as an adult, but it hurt as a child. I guess now I can look forward to experimenting with other colors, but I would really love to keep the color I have, cause only God could have done such a great job of getting the color just right. And, there are so few of us redheads that I have to remind other little redheads of how special they are.