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Date Posted: Wed, March 02 2022, 22:11:46
Author: Mushroom-head Betsy BFS
Subject: QOTD for 2/3/22

My hairdresser is not so hot. She's been not so hot since I started going to her. No matter what I say I want, what pictures I bring in, I still look the same. Like a mushroom.

There's a reason I don't go to anyone else, though. David looks at me every time I come home after a trim/shape and rates it on a scale of one to ten. I made it to a five once. One time, he refused to say anything. She's retiring in October and I'm counting the days, under my breath.

Lisa, my hairdresser, used to do my mother's hair, once a week, since forever. My mother was never a warm-fuzzy, and loved listening to all the gossip. And Lisa could gossip, that's for sure. I learned never to say anything I did't want published in the local paper--on front page. Lisa knew my mother very well; watched her as she slid down the slope into a different place. The last year of my mom's life, Lisa came here to my house to shampoo, set, and comb out my mother's hair. When my Mom died, Lisa came here to wash and set her hair, one more time.

I shattered my left shoulder in an accident and could'nt manage washing my hair. At the time, my hair was down to my waist, thick and heavy. Lisa washed my hair every week for 6 months. For free. When David was having surgery after surgery and my kids were eating a lot of cheerios, Lisa made soup. When I was totally broke (like the balance in my checkbook was $0.05- broke) she and I would barter. We still do sometimes...barter... I make huge apple pies for her husband and she puts highlights in my hair.

Lisa messed up appointments all the time. I make sure she writes the date and time on a card so I could show her I'm not crazy. I'm not sure she has ever accepted it was her goof, not mine. She talks really loud, non-stop, about every piece of gossip she can find. She drives me nuts and I look like a mushroom.

But, above all, Lisa is kind. She has a wonderful heart, wouldn't knowingly hurt a fly. I can't knowingly hurt her. So I will continue to have a 5 out of 10 (on a good day) haircut and wear a lot of hats

I'll miss her when she retires. I think I'll have a better haircut and ditch the mushroom-top.

Kindness goes a long way.

I'm counting the days, quietly.

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I need to admit that this quote isn't random. I just love it.


The following quote is taken rom 'Written in My Own Heart's Blood,' Prologue, by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright © 2014, by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


In the light of eternity, time casts no shadow.
Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men will see visions. But what is it that the old women see?

We see necessity, and we do the things that must be done.

Young women don't see--they
ARE, and the spring of life runs through them.

Ours is the guarding of the spring, ours the shielding of the light we have lit, the flame that we are.

What have I seen? You are the vision of my youth, the constant dream of all my ages.

Here I stand on the brink war again, a citizen of no place, no time, no country but my own.... and that a land lapped by no sea but blood, bordered only by the outlines of a face long-loved.

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[> Well, gosh, Betsy - I'm weeping in my tea both for your story and for this quote. -- kgp, Thu, March 03 2022, 4:02:45


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[> [> Me too. Before I even read your reply, Karen, the tears started. I have some tribulations I can’t share publicly, but the strong women in the books and being able to come here with you strong, loving, empathetic, saucy- just all good - is helping me more than you can imagine. Betsy, of course you’ll stay with your friend because it sounds like she’s one of the best and will still be that when she’s not your hairdresser. It’ll be hard when your new one gives you a 9 out of 10 though 😉 -- Kathy in PA, Thu, March 03 2022, 6:44:54


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[> [> [> We are all here to support each other. -- kgp, Thu, March 03 2022, 8:21:36


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[> [> [> I draw strength from the strong women that Diana brings to us, too, Kathy. There have been many times when I've asked myself..."Ok. What would Brianna do? Or Marsali? Or Jenny?" Strangely, I don't turn to Claire. I wonder if, for me, she feels unattainable. Maybe, her circumstances scare the bejesus out of me, and I'm pretty sure if I woke up in the middle of battle, somewhere I didn't recognize, I'd melt into a puddle, too afraid to even make a noise. I KNOW I'd be sure that I had gone mad. That would be before I met BJR. The other women, all powerhouses in their own way, pull something from me that is palpable. Even those women who we abhor. They all have something to give. -- Betsy BFS, Thu, March 03 2022, 18:41:10


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[> Aaah, Betsy, I feel for you re: your hairdresser! I went to the same one (as did my Mom & sister) for decades - from HS, to our weddings, funerals, special, and not-so-special occasions. She was the first to cut my kids' hair. My hair wasn't a 10, usually more of a 7 after a good day,sometimes not. But she is just a lovely person and dear friend. She retired a year or so ago when she moved, and I started going to my daughter's stylist, who does a fabulous job. I really love my color and cut, and Erin is a great person. But it's not the same as the bond I had with Nancy. I miss my friend. -- DianaH, Thu, March 03 2022, 8:18:57


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