New Hair

I love black hair. There is a freedom with my children's hair that I have never known with my own. I can do anything with their hair. Yes, there are challenges like McKenzie and Morgan's forever dry scalps, but all in all, black hair is awesome. Since McKenzie struggles so much with a dry scalp, I like to keep her hair in braids which gives me easier access to the scalp and saves me at least a thousand minutes every morning.

I called the young lady who braids McKenzie's hair on Saturday. She said she was available on Sunday evening and without thinking, I said yes to Sunday night. The problem? I hadn't bought any hair! You see, in order to braid her hair, we add extra hair. You buy this in a bag at a "hair store". FYI, hair shops are always owned by Asian people. I don't know why. Anyway, it was Saturday night and I didn't have any hair. I spent Sunday afternoon racing from store to store in hopes someone was open on a Sunday. No luck. And then Kim thought of Sally's. She called several locations while I was driving around town like a mad woman and found an open store. I raced inside 10 minutes before closing and asked (more than likely pretty loud), "Where is your hair? I need a bag of braiding hair. 1B please." 1B means black.

It is synthetic (highly flamable) and comes in a bag for about a buck. The lady looks at me like I am crazy and says, "Are you sure?"

I said, "Yes."

She said, "Really?"

Being a transracial family ain't for wimps. I love to watch people try to figure this out.

I brought the hair home in time for it to be added in with McKenzie's own hair. If you've never seen this done, I can only liken it to the days when Mom would braid a ribbon into my hair. The synthetic hair is super long and when everything is braided, the extra hair is cut to the appropriate length. In the meantime, McKenzie looks like and is acting like Cher from an episode of Sony and Cher.

Here she is with her fabulous braids. It was totally worth the trouble!





Madison and McKenzie are always anxious to help with Morgan. Kim put Maddie to work the other morning so we could all get out the door on time for school and work. Here are two of three ladies lounging on the sofa with a cold one.