What's Really Really Important

It's all about the hair, the Corona hair.  

I think most of us miss the hairdressers, barbers and nail technicians more than we do anything or anybody else.  What does your hair look like? Do you know what to do with it?  When was your last perm, press, blowout, cut, wash and set, weave or braid?  Are those braids falling out braid by braid from your scalp?  Do you just slap on a wig when you go out?  Are you wearing head wraps?  Men, do you have a fro, mustache and beard by now?  Ladies, what about your own beard and mustache!!!???  No waxing or threading, bring out the tweezer.  Are your eyebrows growing out of shape?  

And what about those nails?  Do you have a gel manicure and are wondering how to get it off?  What does your cuticle look like?  Whose hands feel like what the back of an alligator must feel like?  Who has lost the ability to use fingers to open cellphones?  We have washed away our fingerprints.  Is this the time to commit a crime and get away with it?  Get me toilet paper, disinfecting wipes, sanitizer and masks. 

Look at your grungy toes with polish 1/4 way up and 1/4 way down and listing to one side or the other, cracked heel, tough sole and flaky skin.  

We have lost our pretty.  But seriously, what does it matter???!!!  The ones we live with know us at our unprettiest and when we go outside, no one will recognize our masked face or gloved hands.  Think about all that money we will save by being ugly:  Gel manicure $45-$60 every 2-3 weeks.  Pedicure $30-$60.  Perm $65, braid $125-$250... 

When this is all over, will you be the first in line at the beauty salon or will you continue to save $$$?  Cha-ching.

1 week before Corona

During Corona

After surviving COVID-19, I started to write, giving birth to The Corona Chronicles, my daily thoughts and musings.  I find writing therapeutic. It's my personal journey through COVID-19.  It will give insight into the suffering, but also the goodness of people.  Heather's Dawning is made up of my first (Heather) and pet (Dawn) names. It's my awakening.  Covid-19 may have knocked me down, but it also awakened my creativity.