Thursday, April 19, 2012

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Nellie washed my hair, gently, in the salon sink this afternoon. She ran rough fingers over my temples and backwards toward the crown. She put a plump arm under my neck and lifted it up to get the hair out from under, and I imagined her thinking This head is so heavy, this girl's head so heavy, what's in this girl's head, as the water rinsed it all away.

Thank you all for your kind comments on my posts, lately. I love you madly.
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12 comments:

  1. Ms. MoonApril 19, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    I so often think of the people we pay to touch us gently. The shampooers, the massage therapists. I think of how much they give us. Do they know? Do they know at all?

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  2. Alicia DApril 19, 2012 at 5:03 PM

    love the imagery of the "heavy head" and what it is filled with.

    and that loving madly?... right back at ya :)

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  3. fullsoulahead.comApril 19, 2012 at 5:16 PM

    Such beauty in your words.

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  4. GbergerApril 19, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    This made me smile, maybe because my (beloved) massage therapist has said this about my head. There is something so tender and soothing about having your temples - and the rest of your head - massaged. I'm glad you received this gift today. Sending love to you.

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  5. Sheila CameronApril 19, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    I love what's in your head!

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  6. TaradharmaApril 19, 2012 at 5:41 PM

    Healing touch...ah....

    What a gift you have - you can appreciate, deeply, something so basic and simple.

    Love you back!

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  7. livApril 19, 2012 at 7:40 PM

    I love that you are a woman that says -"I love you madly"

    I am always in awe at what comes out of that heavy head of yours - so deep and earnest. That is a good word for you, Elizabeth. You are earnest and exotic and good, a lovely combination in a woman.

    I don't comment as often as some of the others but I come here everyday and I suck up everything that you pour out and it makes me more human. So thank you, for everything you do and for loving madly.

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  8. karioApril 19, 2012 at 8:25 PM

    Love that feeling of strong fingers in my hair. I can feel tingling down to my toes and that singular purpose - making me feel good. Ahhh. So unselfish. I love that you got that today and hope that your heavy head lost a few little, insignificant items in the wash water.

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  9. Denise Emanuel ClemenApril 19, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    Your head is heavy with poetry.

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  10. ElisabethApril 20, 2012 at 12:12 AM

    I have never considered the weight of my head in the hairdresser's arms until now with this poignant post. I have however considered the wonders of the glorious massage of my scalp that the hairdresser gives every time he/she washes my hair. It's one way of washing away some of the worries that make a head heavy. I hoped it helped yours.

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  11. LeslieApril 20, 2012 at 5:50 AM

    there is a novel in that head of yours... i'm sure of it. and i don't mean one you've read.

    this makes me want to have my hair washed.

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  12. ChrissyApril 20, 2012 at 5:59 AM

    @Ms. Moon - I think it takes a very special person to do this! My best friend is a hair stylist, and is such a loving, sweet kind soul. She gives so much love...

    and Elizabeth, you are just the neatest lady. Love you madly right back!

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