Growing Gray Gracefully

I'll be honest, I never thought I'd make it to my current age.  I've done so much in my past, I was sure I'd not make it past 23 or 24.  Gray hairs were never a part of my future.

Those little sparkles of silver are showing themselves quite well in my darker brown hair.  The temples are becoming silver and white, little white streaks are starting to show up in other parts of the hair too.

At first I tried covering them with dye.  Honestly, to me it's too much work to constantly dye over it.  I'm a low maintenance person, it's just not my thing.

Hubby has a full head of silver now, and he tells everyone he had his hair professionally highlighted that way!!  LOL!!  He once had solid black wavy hair thanks to his Cuban roots.

I've decided that we've earned these gray hairs.  It shows us that we've survived a lot, we've made it through hard times and came out the other side, that we've had some good times and enjoyed laughter and joy.  It shows we've been blessed to live this long, to have chance to enjoy younger years and mature into the age we are now.  We've earned these little sparkly hairs.

So now, rather than trying to cover the sparkly highlights, I embrace them.  I've earned each and every one. One day, my hair will be a gray bun, as my mom's and Grandma's once was.  I won't fight the signs of aging.  There are many who haven't had opportunity to grow those little white/gray hairs...I am blessed to be able to have them.