Patience is a Virtue

So I hit the six month mark last weekend. Earlier this year I joined an online community for those going gray or living gray. It's a great resource and full of inspiration. If you have any interest, check out The Silver Sisters Gray Cafe. One of my colleagues on there remarked this week how she doesn't think she looks any different at 8 months than she did at 7 months or 6 months. I understand how she feels. The changes are so small and subtle month to month that if you don't look at photos side by side you would completely miss the changes. Here are my 5 month and 6 month photos:

I have just a little more white at the crown of my head, and the bangs have lost most of their brown, with just an inch or so left at the tips. They should be all white by the end of August.But I am still thinking it will be a full 18 months before I am totally done. So maybe I will be celebrating my transition next July 1.

You know, it seems so shallow to be expending so much psychic energy on my hair. At this stage of my life I have friends, family members, colleagues and acquaintances who are dealing with problems with their heart or lungs or liver or kidneys or blood or knees or hips -- tissues that actually matter to one's health and ability to live a full life. That helps give me perspective on this quirky and uncomfortable process, and remember that I am only dealing with issues of vanity and aging. How blessed I am.

I'll try and be back here at 7 months.