New haircut, new kid?

June 4th, 2008

So my daughter turns 8 and with that newfound maturity (I guess) she decided she wanted to cut her hair. When I asked her how short, she pointed to the lower jawbone and I thought she’d change her mind once we got to the salon. But she didn’t. I warned her that I might cry so she actually made me leave the salon and go outside and sit in the car so she could surprise me. I think she didn’t want me to embarrass her with my sobbing!

Yeah, I know it’s just hair. It grows back. I’m glad she HAS hair. She was disappointed that it hadn’t grown long enough to donate it to Locks of Love like she did last year. But she just looks so DIFFERENT to me. She’s not my little girl any more. She’s an 8-year-old girl and I’m not sure I’m ready for that yet.