Kurt and I were talking about, "What if we could go back in time and have Scouty again?"
What if we weren't so young and so scared? If we could take everything we know and go back and pick her up out of the clear plastic bassinet at the hospital. It would have been so easy, if we had known.
The fear that nothing would ever be easy again kept us from letting time go by. Every time she cried, we turned our skin inside out. Every night she didn't sleep we feared we would never rest again.
I loved her with something so fresh and alive, though. I didn't have gray hair at my temples, yet. I didn't have a habit of sitting up in bed and staring at the silhouette of the bare tree in the neighbors yard against the blue night sky.
I had a first day of being a mommy, once. That is something.
These are from when Scouty was 4 months old.
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aw i LOVE these! you both are so adorable. :)
ReplyDeleteoff topic: have you written about your dread journey? so far almost everyone i "know" who has had them has chopped them off. pros / cons?
You know, I had them for seven years and I was just ready for a change. I loved them, but there were definitely some cons. They looked amazing, though. That was the one pro that outweighed the cons for a long, long time. I just got to a point where I didn't want to be "dreadlocked lady" everywhere I went. I want to be able to go to the grocery store without somebody asked me if I washed my hair, you know? But, as far as the actual personal experience?
ReplyDeleteThe cons were: it took forever for them to dry. I'm talking like... days. It was SO uncomfortable to sleep with wet dreadlocks. Ugh. In the summer time I could lay out in the sun and they'd dry faster, but in winter, it was like wearing a cold wet blanket on my head.
I couldn't wash them every day, or they'd be wet all the time. That started to suck when I got into exercising every day. I would get all sweaty and then try to like, just wash the crown of my head without washing my hair and it was just annoying.
I would say that most of the bad parts had to do with washing them. It always kind of sucked and took forever.
I loved them for years, but when it was time to let them go, I was ready. :)
thank you! i want the full picture before i dive in and not many people talk about the negatives other than comments people make. and wow...i can see how that would feel miserable, having a cold wet blanket on your head. in your experience, if you had fewer dreads would it have made much difference? i'm thinking about doing mine but mostly in the back, not around my face.
ReplyDeletethanks for your feedback! <3
It wasn't even a humongo problem until the last few years when they were so solid and so long. I say that you should go for it. You'll look hot enough to make up for the fact that they're annoying to wash and dry. And, when you do get them, I need to see a picture, please!
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