Why the Pink Hair Though?
I am often asked what is the significance of the pink in my hair?
Great question! At 61 years of age, some might think I am a little too old to be sporting a fashion color.
But I like pink. I love it in fact.
As far back as I can remember, the color pink has always held significance for me. I don’t think I made a conscious choice when it came to making pink my favorite color. Which, by the way in case you didn’t know it, it is. It was thrust upon me and I just went with it.
As a child one of my favorite toys was a pink hula hoop. I hula hooped everywhere. I would be transported through the neighborhood, swinging my tiny little butt left and right to keep the brilliant pink hoop revolving around my tiny little waist. I would hula hoop to my friends house, or to the schoolyard to play. My hula hoop helped me get places. One time my mom bought me a pink jumper with big white polkadots and a matching pink and white polkadotted hat. My nickname became pink polkadotted Penny. Surprisingly I didn’t hate that moniker. Maybe little me somehow knew future me would be called worse by people on the internet who never even met me.!
In my twenties, I was the epitome of an 80s girl. I often joke that I was to the 80s what hippies were to the 60s. Big hair sprayed with Aquanet super hold, skin tight spandex pants, and fluorescent pink accessories. Many people might not realize this, but it was during the 80s that hair fashion colors first made their appearance. In keeping with the times I dyed a bright pink fluorescent streak into the left side of my hair. Eventually, fashion hair went out of style, so I let it go. But when it became trendy again I thought why not? It’s fun! So that is the simple answer to that question “why the pink hair?”
On a deeper level, the significance of my pink hair, is that it reminds me of my youth. It takes my mind off of the fact that as I get older, I am approaching the end of my life. Death is not something I’m afraid of, but it’s also not something I look forward to. With that in mind, I embrace life wherever possible and try to find joy in the little things. Like pink hair.
