Today is picture day at Carson's school and a heard something that made me think back to my childhood, or more specifically my sister's childhood. Of course I am used to getting Carson ready most mornings, and the most trying part of those mornings is fixing his crazy hair. (which is why we are going to get him a summer haircut) I can't imagine if we had a girl and I had to fix her hair....YIKES!!!
Back to the story. This morning as I was dropping Carson off, another dad was dropping off his little girl and he had a brush in his hand and asked her teacher if she could brush her hair because he usually doesn't fix her hair and isn't sure how she likes it. It made me smile and want to laugh.
When we were growing up and my mom was out of town, my dad had no idea how to fix my sister's hair and in Stephanie's words: "that's not how Mom does it." So rather than have it look bad or do it wrong he would take a brush with him to school and have Stephanie's teachers do it. Which when you think about it is a smart idea on my dad's part. Why argue with a strong willed child when her teacher can do it better anyway?
I guess if we have a girl I will have to learn how to fix her hair at some point. It would be a learning experience, but hey Carson is a learning experience too. I always joke that I wouldn't know how to raise a girl and that God wouldn't do that to me....but God does have a sense of humor so he very well might. After all he did name one of his creatures the platypus. And you have to have a sense of humor to come up with that name.
grace&peace
kevin
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