Buzzz*
Monday, October 03, 2011
S asked me for a buzz cut yesterday.
"You don't actually mean a buzz cut do you?" I asked. "I can just give you a little trim."
"No I want it all gone," she said. "All of it."
"Why though?"
"Because hair is itchy."
"You don't even have any lice," I said combing through her hair.
"And you're not a boy!" S chimed in.
"Are you sure S?" I asked her a few times.
She was and I secretly admired her while I was buzzing off all of her hair and watching it fall to the ground. I even had the thought of taking that machine up to my own head for a second.
When all the hair was gone I turned the machine off and S ran into my room to look in the mirror.
"What do you think?" I asked, anxious that she would regret her decision.
"I think... I think I look like an egg!" she said and ran off giggling to show the other kids.
I think she looks like a little monk. I spend way too much time wishing they could stay this little forever.