Swoop bangs. That was what my daughter asked for last week. “Mom,” she said, “can you give me swoop bangs?”
“Sure.”
Any mom worth her salt should be able to give her daughter swoop bangs. Right?
I had never heard of swoop bangs. I have sinced googled it. It’s a phrase.
We went to the bathroom and I got the scissors and started cutting. As her fine, blonde hair started falling in the sink (along with my confidence), her eyes sparkled and she said, “That’s it!” I immediately stopped. We were done.
I did it! She now has swoop bangs. Whew! I hope subsequent requests will be that easy.
I decided a long time ago that I would not let her hair become a “thing”. It’s her hair. I want her to have control over her hair. Remind me of this later!
Actually, I found out when she was 3 that I didn’t have all that much control over her hair. One Saturday, Scott and I were watching TV on our bed
Meredith the Hairstylist
when she came scooting into our room. Her eyes were sparkling just like they did last week when the swoop bangs came to fruition. Only she was the one with the scissors when she was 3. I thought she had pulled her whispy blonde hair back in a pony tail. NO…she had cut it all off…above her ears. Hair was all over the kitchen floor.
I wanted to cry. She loved it.
After her spanking, she looked in the mirror and shook her hair and said, “I look like Locke!” (her 5 yr. old brother whom she adored)
One more proof that she loved it….We were walking up to church the next morning and there were large plate-glass windows in the doors. Meredith slowed down, flipped her hair around, and said, “I am so beautiful!”
And she was beautiful, lopsided hair and all!
You are a woman of many talents!
Oh, yes. I’m adding swoop bang creator to my list of what I can do!
I love the cut her own hair story. My brother cut his own hair in Sunday school the day before his kindergarten picture day. It was to the scalp. Very lovely but a great memory today.
Great memories! I wish I’d had the forethought to take lots of pictures, but I just couldn’t do it. Maybe the memory is even better than the pictures!
I loved the story and Meredith’s new look. She looked so grown Sunday morn. I can understand why children like to cut their’s (and others’) hair. It’s that schritching schritching sound the scizzors make as you cut. Of course that comes from the same person who loves that little ripping and tearing sound that pulling baby teeth makes. ; p
I remember Meredith as the little girl who loved to come swim in our “wimming pool”… before bangs mattered… and she even went to the “deep end”
blessings…
Those were the days!! I miss you guys. I remember how she would jump off your diving board before I thought she was ready! She loved it! We sure appreciate the hospitality that you all showed us. We loved being at your house. Have a great day!