For years I was
ashamed of my widow’s peak; you know; that hair that some people have that
grows down the middle of their forehead; about a quarter of an inch or so. Some people call it an Eddie Munster; after
the little boy on the television show “The Munsters”. Every time I got a retouched relaxer I would
instruct my beautician to shave it off.
When I decided to grow my natural hair I decided that also meant growing
out my peak; accepting it as a part of me. A few months ago I was having dinner out with a few of my girlfriends,
and one of them said … “when we were in high school I used to wonder what that
was on your forehead.” Back in the day I
would have went home and shaved my peak off, but call it self love or wisdom
from age; it didn’t bother me one bit.
Celebrities Garcelle Beauvais (Fancy from the Jaime Foxx Show), Terrance
Howard, both Vanessa Williams’ and Denzel Washington also have widows
peaks. As you can see I’m in good
company J
I did my big chop at the end
of December and kept it under wraps from my husband for a month. I told him I was going to cut the relaxed ends from my hair before I did it; his response was... "no you're not; I don't like women with natural hair. After I
gave him the eye and asked him what he meant by women:-/ He couldn't come up with one real reason why he didn't like natural hair "on women". I came up with a reason. Since we have been together I've always shoulder length or longer hair. I believe it was a ploy to bully me into not cutting my hair. Let me tell you how I kept my BC from him for a whole month. I work in an environment where I can where a baseball cap, and
at night I started wearing a satin bonnet. I guess he noticed one night
that he hadn't seen my hair in a while and he took the bonnet of my head and dropped his jaw. Since that night I have been out of the natural hair
closet; in my personal life; I have yet to come out at work. My husband has now accepted my BC, but he’s
not loving it yet; he loves long hair. It
will be at least a year or two before my hair is long again; so until then; I’ll
try to wear cute hair styles and clothes, a little make up, and nice earrings;
he likes when I’m "going out on a date cute" :-)
