At 45 Years Old I’m Trying To Embrace My Curly Hair
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I have never liked my hair. It’s thin, fine and usually a frizzy mess.
For a period growing up I had it short. As a teen I had it buzzcut short in the back and longer on top so I could kind of spike it up.
I inherited my dad’s fine, curly hair, not my mom’s thick, dark, wavy hair that my brother also got. Plus I got my dad’s side of the family red/auburn hair. Not even my dad had red hair — he was also dark! (though did have red in his beard in his younger days, I’ve seen in pictures). And I’ve seen photos of him from the 60’s or 70’s with longish (shoulder skimming length) hair, where his hair was curly/ringlets.
But I’m the only one in my immediate family with really curly hair.
Back in high-school, I grew it long and mostly just tied it back into a ponytail. Because, I’m pretty lazy when it comes to hair styling, in that…I don’t.
I’ve never even actually braided my hair. That seems too much work.
When I first met my husband he said he preferred long hair, and so I didn’t change it. And besides, having it longer meant it was less curly, except near the bottom. There was a…
