Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for November 15, 2012

OK, orange it is!

I believe in change…. so when I see some grey hair, I change it to dark reddish brown…. and it makes me feel stronger!

Folks, when she said “change”, please leave politics out of it. There has been enough of it all this year!

She forgot – what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!

She DOES believe in change: she’s changing her natural grey for “orange” every few weeks.

Don’t be silly!!

Remember when Homer Simpson had his heart attack, and he posed that question to the doctor…Homer: But whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger, right?Doctor: (with a chuckle) No, Homer. It’s left you weak as a kitten.(The doctor then begins pulling at Homer’s face, tweaking his nose, stretching his lips, and Homer can’t do anything about it.)

Hm … no references to old TV series on here. Yet.

My mother-in-law at 80, finally decided to quit dying her hair. There’s a point when it is obvious to everyone that your hair is dyed, but I think she was about 20 years late on realizing it. I’m proud of my silver hairs, not so proud about the added weight that I’ve put on through the years.

I always envied my dad’s white hair

when mom started going gray, she went to a champaign blond.it made being silver gray later easier.

I’m a natural blonde with a white streak where I part it on the left. My husband says I’m starting to get gray hairs there. He has been blind to the fact that streak has always been there. He keeps saying, “Yeah, right.” Anyway, my mother’s hair is still blonde with very little white hairs and she is heading for her 81st birthday. I guess some blondes go gray/white very slowly or maybe not at all. My mother-in-law had dark red hair her whole life. Never dyed it. Never saw a white hair anywhere. Genetics seem to play a big part on whether you go gray/white early or late.

Why try to keep looking like a 20 y/o tart? Aging gracefully makes a woman look more mature, as in, she is comfortable with who she really is. Coloring hair makes you look insecure. GO GRAY, it’s the only way!

Wife used to complain about my pulling grey hairs out of my beard. I said I’d do that until the white outnumbered the black, then I’d pull the black. Should have kept my mouth shut!

I haven’t even SEEN my natural color since 1982!!!