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Gratitude photo #9

January 9th, 2016 at 09:18 pm

Today was our family's "haircut day." I'm grateful for this little tradition of ours. I took this shot so I wouldn't get any people in the photo, since I don't like to post photos of people without their consent. It looks a bit gloomy but only because it was nice and warm inside, fogging up the window.



I started going to this barber over a decade ago when I wanted a no-nonsense boyish haircut for not much money. One of my now-downstairs-neighbors suggested his barber, so I went and liked it. We began going regularly, and then AS (who has long dreadlocks that are difficult to shampoo) started coming with us to get her hair washed. Eventually our now-neighbor's partner started coming, and when NT moved here he did too, and now the kids also get their hair cut. His clientele is mostly gay white men, but he knows how to handle all types of hair and styles, so it works for us! He did a girly blowout for AA today (the 5-year-old) and she felt very fancy.

So every five weeks, we block off three and a half hours and all get our hair done. Our new place is even closer to his shop, so we can walk over on nice days (though today was definitely a bus day!). Sometimes we all go and hang out there, and sometimes we just work out who's taking what slot and go on our own. In our kid-free days we'd sometimes bring cocktails or sparkling wine, and sometimes our barber would too. He's become a good friend over the years, and we go to parties at each other's houses or go out to music shows with him once in a while.

MonkeyMama very kindly pointed out that even though we have no grandparents in the area, we do have a good network of caring adults in our kids' lives. It was a nice coincidence that shortly after that comment, we had a haircut day, and it made me appreciate it all the more.

1 Responses to “Gratitude photo #9”

  1. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    What a great thing to have!

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