And welcome to my little corner of the web...
Before I get 'started' here's my history:
When I was 5 years old, I had blonde hair to my waist. However, I had a problem with pulling (ouch!) my hair out in one certain spot. I had a very large bald spot. Mom took me to the doctor and they said to cut my hair very short, so short I couldn't get a grip on it.
I was MAD. I had tried to grow my hair out for years (so Mom says) and when it finally got 'long', we had to cut it. Mom says she cried when they were cutting it.
So I had my short haircut for years until mom finally let me grow it out again. I've had hair below my shoulders since I was 8 or so.
Last year I had layered hair, about to my bra strap. I hated the layers, so I got it all chopped off to where my bangs were. (Right around shoulder length.) I loved it, and even considered keeping that length, but then I found the message boards and started growing it out again.
The last time I measured was in December, at 24.5 inches, BSL.
And they seem not to break; though once they are bowed
So low for so long, they never right themselves:
Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground
Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun. --Robert Frost, "Birches"
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