Taking Care of Our Elders
Last week, my kids and I visited the hair salon to transform from shabby-looking people to tip-top new haircut people. We do this before holidays - it's what I've always done. It's what my mom did and what her mother did before her. Does anyone else feel the burning need to get your hair cut before a big family get-together? While there, I realized who exactly benefits most from a visit to the salon. Do you have any guesses who it might be? As I sat waiting by the kids' play area, I observed an elderly woman having her hair cut and styled. I noticed when the hairdresser turned her around that the old woman's neck had so many wrinkles and folds (I assume from hard work out in the fields of a farm when she was younger) that she had to take special care to shape her hairline without nicking the skin. I also saw an elderly man sitting patiently, gruff look on his face, in the waiting area. I assumed this was the husband, whom I assumed grudgingly bro...