And I’m loving it!
Photo by Luke Braswell on Unsplash
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the whole world. According to WHO, over 6.5 million people died. Everybody’s lives have been disrupted. The news in every media is full of tragedy.
Here I dare focus on the silver lining. How many can I find in my life?
All my life (except for my senior year in high school) I always had short hair. Short hair was a synonym for me. My ears and my neck had to be exposed. As soon as my hair touched the top of my ears, I would have my hair cut. I was so picky about my hairstyle that it took me long time to finally find my favorite hairdresser in Seattle.
Then COVID hit. One month, two months, three months… I started to tuck my hair behind my ears. Six months, one year… I bought a bunch of hair ties.
Finally the hair salons were allowed to reopen. But my favorite hairdresser had moved to Hawaii a little before that. What should I do?
By that time my hair was already touching my shoulder. Why not grow it even longer?
So now I, the woman once synonymous with short hair, have hair maybe longer than a horse tail. And I’m kind of liking it.
When my hair was short, I used to shampoo every morning. Now I shampoo my long hair only once a week. I don’t blow-dry. I just twist the end of my hair with my fingers when still wet. My hair stays that way even when it gets dry. I have never dyed my hair, nor will I ever do in the future.
When I wear kimono, I put my hair up. My mother really likes how I look. She tells me to keep my hair long whenever I send her my photo in kimono. Mother, I guess I will follow your words for now, ‘cause I’m loving how I look, too.
That’s all thanks to the pandemic.