Way Back When-sday-Second Grade Capri Kel

January 27, 2010 at 6:09 AM (Confessions, Family Life, Way Back When-sday)

 This was my Mother’s nightmare. She despised  this picture.

I despised the way she sent me to school that morning even more.

She had put curlers in my hair the night before. The pink sponge kind that you could sleep on. I usually only had to do that on Saturday night so I could look all purty for church on Sunday. But this was a special occasion. Picture Day.

My hair didn’t turn out as she had planned. So she teased my bangs and the top and combed the whole thing back and plopped a pearl and gold head band on me. Then she sprayed it. I.Was.Mortified. I am sure I told her just how mortified I was too.

Words cannot express how horrified  I was.

You know how they always had moms around on picture day to straighten you up? Tuck your shirt in, brush your bangs to the side, hand out combs so you can make yourself spiffy?

I took one of those little black combs, took out that headband and combed out that ugly hairdo. Oh yes I did. Combed it all forward. And created my Mother’s worst school picture experience ever.

We still have a ton of those pictures kicking around. I don’t think she gave out a single one. She said I ruined my second grade picture for all time. Well, I have no regrets.  All I can say is better me than her.

See you next Wednesday!