An elderly lady complimented my hair recently and I smiled politely and said thank you.
She then said she really wished this natural hair thing would be over already because, in her opinion, it looked just a nappy, terrible mess.
These days I have so much on my mind that I really don't have time to execute flawless responses on the fly anymore because, to be honest...in the grand scheme of things it doesn't affect me at all.
I'm trying my best to continue to keep it moving but I looked at that little old lady and thought to myself what I'd feel horrid if I found out she'd said that to some young lady wearing her hair as she chooses. So I said, "I hope choosing to do with your own hair is never something that becomes OVER. Sometimes we worry about the wrong things and I would hope that whatever hair hangups you have aren't something you push on anyone else."
She blinked at me in surprise and started sputtering. "No, no...I didn't mean no harm about it or anything I just don't think it looks good on a lot of people."
And she kept explaining what she meant. I thought about that this morning as I saw a young lady with a head full of the most gorgeous twists I've ever seen. I just HAD to stop and compliment her.
Me: You have a gorgeous head of hair.
And she said thank you in a way which showed she didn't know if I was being facetious or not. I smiled and kept it moving and hoped she stayed out of the way of little old ladies with hair issues.
Cuz seriously...
