There’s Something About Mary
There was always something about Mary.
Mary is the only person, and certainly the only hairdresser, that Annie would allow to even come close to her with a pair of scissors.
At least three factors contributed to Annie’s non negotiable hairdressers phobia. The heavy rubber shoulder ’patch’, the high risk of tugging and an inexplicable but absolute fear of anything touching her ears. She freaks out, as she says herself, if anyone or anything touches her ears. An idiosyncracy that has made life very difficult at times. One grommet is still in there. hairwashing is not straightforward and volume control in the theatre an expensive problem. Booking a haircut and then cajoling Annie to go, was for many years a superhuman effort for both of us. Me trying to walk the tightrope of pedagogy (ha), truth, parental power, self preservation and estetics and Annie excercising her human rights.
Then along comes Mary. With her respect for client integrity, her humour and her innate people skills she cruises past All Hurdles with her scissors – and Annie emerges smiling and very happy with her styling.
This happy collaboration, together they decide which look to go for and together they usher me out of the salon until job done, has been going for the past 9 years since Annie was 12.
Mary has seen Annie through school, graduations, weddings, bobs, shoulder length and short hair and she has navigated Annie through mohikans, blue high lights and tricky hairwashes.
Not that I am not an open minded parent and not that I have forgotten my own long and windy evolutionary road within this particular field, but Thank You Mary.
Here’s to another 30-40 happy years of hanging out with you!
Mary on Christmas Eve 2011
For more information on Mary and her salon BOOSH, visit www.booshhair.com
To start 2012 with resolve, I shall from today post a new blog every Monday. So from now on, lets start the week together. I promise not to be too wordy. Or even worthy.
Happy New Year and thanks for 2011!
