I who was planning to just go with a simple, down-to-earth look: shaving off random but substantial clumps of hair with reckless abandon, was offended at first.

Thank god for that woman! I was going to go to school in my pajamas (a full victorian nightgown and sleep bonnet)

“Ahhh, I said. Much better.”

My mom’s high school yearbook photo vs. mine. She ran so that I could walk.

My hair looks like her sweater.