Just Like Mom

This morning, Bean brought me one of my hair clips. She handed it to me and turned around, obviously wanting me to clip her hair up the way I do mine sometimes. I tried, but her hair is too baby fine to hold one of my clips and it slipped right out. She kept trying to get it to stay in but it kept slipping out. I assured her that one day, I would pull her hair up just like mine. She seemed to be satisfied with that answer and went on her merry way. As she walked away, I recalled wanting to be like my mommy when I was a little girl.

When I was small, my mom had long hair. Often times, she would pull it up and clip it up off of her neck, much like I do now. I remember asking my mom one morning before school if I could wear my hair clipped up like hers. My hair wasn’t really long enough to clip up like that so Mom told me no but promised that she would clip it for me as soon as I got home from school. I remember getting off the bus that day and running to the house, so excited because Mom was going to clip my hair up like hers.

I think all little girls want to be like their mommy in one way or another. I can’t wait until Bean’s hair is long enough and thick enough that I can fulfill her requests to clip it up like mine. I hope that I always set such an example before my daughter that she will want to be like her mommy.