Comments on: The Mastery of Love

By: TodayYouAreYou

TodayYouAreYou — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:14:34 +0000

Hi Shirley Anne- I giggled when I saw the Mystery vs. Mastery. Isn’t that true! But it’s an ever evolving process, a beautiful unfolding. I’m trying to give and receive a little more each day. Much Love- Jen

By: TodayYouAreYou

TodayYouAreYou — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:13:02 +0000

You are so right Melissa. I am blessed to have this wonderful little child in my life.

By: TodayYouAreYou

TodayYouAreYou — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:11:54 +0000

I appreciate the offer Coffee Klatch!!

By: TodayYouAreYou

TodayYouAreYou — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:11:31 +0000

Thanks Scott- Luckily we have a phenom stylist that Hope adores and trusts. It’s been fun to see the different stages. Yesterday the doctor even told Hope that her hair was so long it was in the way of checking her ears during her visit. She was thrilled!!

By: Scott Knowles

Scott Knowles — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:58:34 +0000

I agree, don’t spend time worrying over it. As I learned when going to interviews from graduate school (post Vietnam-era), one older friend said, “Shave the facial hair and get a haircut. You can always grow it back later, after you’re hired.” Well, you’re hired, so enjoy and have fun.

Since then I kept my hair short until three years before I retired. I told folks I wanted to grow it out, like before, until I got tired of it. Seven years later I’m still not tired of it and it’s well down my back. Hope will get there. And I agree, you and Hope should have fun with hair styles as it grows out. I would only suggest a good stylist to cut it so it grows out where the end style is what she wants.

By: TheCoffeeKlatch

TheCoffeeKlatch — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:37:03 +0000

What a wonderful support and resource you are providing. I would love to have you as a guest on The Coffee Klatch an interactive support forum for special needs children on Twitter. Best of luck to you

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:21:33 +0000

Jen

Please dont beat yourself up over the crew cut. Instead look forward and celebrate each new day with your daughter. The past is just that…past. A wig might be a lot of fun but focus on her hair as it SLOWLY grows out ( seems to take forever doesnt it ) and celebrate each new curl, her first ponytail, first braids, first everything and take LOTS of pictures. By this time next year you will have a pretty long haired little girl Just enjoy the journey it really is a lot of fun!

By: Shirley Anne

Shirley Anne — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:37:57 +0000

Dear Jen, you are right. Forgive yourself and move on. There is no sense in beating yourself over the things you feel you’ve done wrong in the past. What is done cannot be changed but you can learn from mistakes, I do it all the time! LOL. Personally, I wouldn’t buy her a wig unless she specifically asks for one. Children can be little monsters at times and having her ‘hair’ pulled off by some unthinking child might be a very upsetting experience for her. Let her grown her own hair and teach her how to look after it. I think she will appreciate that more.
When I first glanced at the title of this post I read it as ‘The Mystery of Love’ and not the ‘Mastery’. Love is indeed a mystery and the mastery of it should be a natural thing but we do have to work at it don’t we? I think 99.9% isn’t enough but hey, none of us are perfect! Gosh I am lucky if I reach 89.9%….tehe……Love

Shirley Anne xxx