Tallgirl's Blog – August 2010 Archive (4)

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Gene fear in serious dating

What I am wondering is, how many uninformed non-alopecia people out there may harbor a secret doubt about this condition in regards to passing on genes...and skulk away from a Good Thing with alopecians (like the CHICKENS that they are...cluck, cluck!)?



No one else at all in my family has alopecia, and believe me, I have gone back to the 1800s in my research.



But.



After thinking about my dating years ago, I wonder now if some of the haired guys, due to their own… Continue

Added by Tallgirl on August 22, 2010 at 9:00am — 6 Comments

Teens with Alopecia: Then and Now

There are a million stories out there about parents who contributed to angst, but I would like to hear what are the BEST things your parents did for you as a young person with alopecia, aside from medical appointments and wig purchases. How did your folks secretly get you out of a funk about hair loss?



Mine let me quit piano lessons and enroll in a special summer drawing class (I am really a visual artist) at Cranbrook Institute. They let me go to all the summer camps and weekend… Continue

Added by Tallgirl on August 18, 2010 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

That Answer in the Night

Isn't it remarkable that in 2010 we can put out our alopecian thoughts and fears (be they medical, personal or social) online...and that someone, somewhere, whom we have never met, from anywhere in the world, may be reading and answering at any time of the day or night? That someone, somewhere, may be putting out a little thought of hope or prayer for our situations, or have the very answer we need? Imagine how amazing it is for those of us who went through MANY years of no computer at all… Continue

Added by Tallgirl on August 12, 2010 at 10:45am — 35 Comments

Friendship

Oh, the comfort!
The inexpressible comfort
Of feeling safe with a person,
Having neither to weigh thoughts
Nor measure words,
But pouring them all right out,
Chaff and grain together;
Certain that a faithful hand
Will take and sift them,
Keep what is worth keeping,
And with the breath of kindness,
Blow the rest away.

Added by Tallgirl on August 1, 2010 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

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