Mary Ann
Covid was hard for everyone, yet there were also some silver linings for us. And I mean literally a silver lining. When we all had to stay home due to the pandemic, women were faced with the dilemma of coloring their own hair or going au naturelle. I had decided I would go natural! I colored and highlighted my hair for years, and I wasn’t sure what I would look like with a different color; however, there was no time like the present to check it out.
So, I began letting my hair grow out. An Adventure! A Challenge! A Mess!! I could see I had a row of pretty silver at my roots. I hated that silver streak peeking out each month prior to my hair appointment, but now, it could not grow out fast enough. I also began cutting my own hair so figured I could cut off all the light brown with blond highlights in a few months, and viola, I would be a silver fox. At first, I was a calico cat with three colors all over my head. Then I morphed into Cruella Da Ville with a line of white hair circling my head. Finally, I ended up looking like Mrs. Claus with a lovely shade of platinum. I found myself doing double takes in the mirror. Who was that lady? Well, Mrs. Claus, of course!
Thankfully, I was housebound with the pandemic and could hide my head of messy hair for the needed time to become a silver fox. I have come to love my new look and wondered why I didn’t do this earlier. However, I would have had to leave the country for a few months to hide or fake a maternity leave which would have been a stretch. So many of my friends have gone au naturelle and are loving it. It is freeing to embrace who you really are. And besides, you save a lot of money. You just need a good hair cut to become the silver fox that you were always meant to be. I get many compliments about my hair color, and one child I have known for a long time told me I looked younger. He still believes in Santa Claus, so I think he was hedging his bets that I might really be Mrs. Claus. At any rate, I am thankful for the unexpected silver lining of the pandemic and taking the leap of faith!
Silver Sage Sisters 