Hair Have You Been?

All yesterday I was boosting about the fact that it was one year ago that my hair fell out or I really should have said pulled it out. This year I woke up in the morning and said to myself that I looked like a "mad scientist" - my hair was stiff and sticking straight up - almost an Albert Einstein fashion - not the "bald eagle" look of last year.

I have sported a wide variety of looks this past year and here is a look at my transition over the past year.....







There is a blank space because I was going to include a more recent photo to show off the curls... but our camera is broken and I can't find the cable to connect my cellphone which I was able to take a photo with. I will do a mad search tomorrow morning. For that one you will have to check back at a later time.

When I think about
- how devastated I was at my first glimpse of my baldness in the mirror
- how freakish it was that I scratched my head "just like my dad does"
- how cool it really was to be bald in the hot summer days
- how unfair it is, in my sister Denise's words, "that bald people have such nice shaped heads"
- how concerned I was with head coverings especially for more dressier occasions
- how shocking it was for some the first time I discarded my signature black and white cap
- how fortunate I have been able to experience a whole gamut of hair styles such as straight long hair, baldness, and short curly hair without the aid of a professional hairdresser

I am then reminded of the following verse from Luke 12:7 :
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. (Luke 12:7)

Once again God demonstrates, in the long and short of it, a lesson well learned. I am loved no matter how many strands of hair were or are hanging from my scalp. I am worth much to God and that counts for every!