Many of you know
That I’m bald
If you don’t know why…
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i’ll wait… 🙂
I’ve started treating myself
to the occasional manicure
as well as foot care being a diabetic
one must take care of one’s tootsies)
Anyway…I go to 2 different places
To get my manies and my pedies
I get my feet done at a shop
that’s been doing them for years
As the manicures
are relatively new to me
I go to a place
that I can walk in
I did go after work today…
payday and a Friday
what else does a girl need eh?
but I digress…
this evening
the person
doing my mannie
was a young man
probably in his 20s
although as I get older
I do have a time judging age
specially for people
of other ethnicities
Getting a manicure
can be sort of intimate
this young fellow
was shy at first
but ya’ll know me
Queen of the over sharers eh?
I got him talking eventually
turns out
we are both from Ontario
and migrated to BC
He asked why I came
and I told him the story
of my ex the thief
I asked why he came
and he told me
that his parents hadn’t liked
the weather in Ontario
Eventually we got to talking
about hair
He asked me why I shave
And I told him
I told him that while I worked
a corporate job I wore wigs
but I no longer found it necessary
He eventually confided in me
That he was wearing a wig
I asked why
and he told me a horrific story
of a brother
of a large pot of boiling soup
and scars causing hair loss
lots of hair loss
Oddly enough
I’d not noticed his
facial burn scars
Until he said scars
and then
I spoke to him of my facial scars
I also told him it was a good wig
I’d have had no idea
if he’d not mentioned it
He shyly thanked me
And said he never talks to people
About his scars
And wondered out loud
Why he told me?
I guess it’s one of my gifts
this business of being able
to share my stories
And sometimes
they bring people out of themselves
A bit
and allow them to share their stories too
