On The Year of No Haircuts

This past weekend, as well as celebrating my 29th birthday, I also celebrated the milestone of not cutting my hair. No trims, no split-end details, nada. The last salon visit occurred on my birthday one year ago.

It was all accidental, really. I had not planned on avoiding a pair of scissors. Being poor and just seeing how it would go contributed to the feat of adding about 7 inches of length to my tresses. The current length is just past bra-strap length, or “Classic Length” with slight layers for all you Long Hair Aficionados. Notice I didn’t include photos of my hair…because…there are people out there who fantasize about long hair in unhealthy ways. Plus, my site is about covering said hair.

The last time my hair was this long  was probably junior high, when I conducted a similar “lets see how long I can let it grow” experiment happened. Since then I have yo-yo’d between pixies (really short) and shoulder length. I was always told my hair was too fine/delicate for any real satisfying long hair experience.

Wrong-o!

Even though the quality of my hair has changed only a little towards the better (lot less split ends than when I received regular haircuts…hmmm), I enjoy it more as it grows. One of these days I will try to teach myself how to do a french braid or some other similar pretty-ness.

So how long will it grow?? I made it a  year….how about another?

Fascinating Womanhood Notes, Pt. 1

[These are transcribed notes from an Anonymous Fascinating Womanhood teacher. Capitalizations and structure of the original have been preserved.]

What is Fascinating Womanhood all about? It is many things to many women, for it has made MANY changes in them in so MANY DIFFERENT ways, changes in their marriages and relationships with other men, whether that be a boss, son, son-in-law, father or man friend.

Many of you have good marriages – but take it from me it can be better, there is a higher goal. Some are not so happy, but Fascinating Womanhood will teach you how to deal with some of these problems. Some of you are divorced – take 50% of the blame and no more – this can free you. Maybe you have HAD IT WITH MEN. Fascinating Womanhood will teach you how to respect them again and not hate. There are truths to learn to set you free – free from BITTERNESS, FRUSTRATION, MISUNDERSTANDING MEN, also many things about yourself.

Fascinating Womanhood is not a BAG OF TRICKS, NOT A GAME, Not MANIPULATION, NOR WILL TURN YOU INTO A RUG.

If God ordained marriage, then he has a PLAN TO BE HAPPY. WE JUST HAVE TO FIND THE PLAN AND WORK IT.

There is a PRICE TO PAY. IT COSTS something to do it God’s way. So many divorces! If what we have been taught is right, WHY SO MANY DIVORCES? We have to find out what the problem is between men and women – there is too much hate and resentment between them.

IF GOD HAS A PLAN, THEN IT WORKS. WHETHER WE LIKE THE PLAN OR NOT – OR AGREE WITH IT – IT STILL WORKS.

If what F.W. teaches is wrong – then it won’t work. If right, it will. I proved it works in my own life.

Please hear me out if you can’t buy some of this. Don’t throw it all out – just ask yourself why. If you find yourself reacting violently to a principle in this book, it may be a clue for you to take a closer look at yoursef – and say to your self, “WHY am I so angry?”

I have learned that TRUTH IS THE HARDEST THING TO ACCEPT. Jesus said this also. OK, WE LOVE THESE GUYS, SO WE MUST FIND A WAY TO LIVE WITH THEM AND MAKE THEM HAPPY AND US. If to improve your marriage, would you be willing to invest a year?? Five years??? We can change no one but ourselves, yet when we change, others to change in reaction to us.

God did not intend for we women to have a bored, unfulfilled, unhappy, frustrated, defeated life. Fascinating Womanhood is a GUIDE to a happy marriage, filled with love, gentleness and devotion from our guy, where the WIFE FEELS NOT ONLY LOVED, BUT CHERISHED, HONORED, AND RESPECTED.

If we are not happy in our home, SOMETHING IS WRONG – AND ITS NOT JUST THE HUSBANDS FAULT.

Fascinating Womanhood – Introduction

Over a year ago, a coworker lent me some materials from the Fascinating Womanhood class. Her aunt taught the FW classes, so I was able to scan/copy the original workbook from the 1970’s, plus several single-spaced type-written note pages I am guessing the aunt wrote. I tucked the copies away in my “inspirational note book” and pretty much forgot about them.

This past weekend I pulled out my notebook to revisit good memories or sobering reminders. The FW notes whispered, “Blog ME!” Over the next week or two I will transcribe the notes for you all. There is no author marked on the pages; they are written from a first person standpoint.

If you have never read the Fascinating Womanhood book, I HIGHLY recommend it! There is a new edition out on Amazon.