193. Gracefully
I’ve been trawling through vast tracts of depression and fingernail-vibrating anxiety, and this is one joy that I’ve seen every day when I look in the mirror. The older I get, the more beautiful I find myself, and I’m only 27. I am often afraid of the world, but when I look forward to how much more awesome I will be as I age I feel braver.
And if it’s your birthday today, or in the next six months or so, or the last six months maybe, many happy returns!
I dye my hair with henna because I prefer the lovely auburn color over my natural mousy ash blond. Once I go about 50-75% white, I’ll stop dying it. I have few wrinkles, and I’ve earned every single one of them. I’ve looked forward to every decade. (Which reminds me I have a blog to finish and post.) I celebrated 40 years of life last fall. I look forward to the next 40. Many happy returns indeed! *hugs*
Thank you so much for this comic. I think it’s the first time I’ve read a webcomic and just gone “Yes! That is it, exactly!” You have made me feel so happy 🙂
My hair was going grey, which I loved, but then I started receding. I was really looking forward to long grey hair, and instead I am a salt & pepper skinhead.
This is so much how I feel about aging too. I love my slowly graying hair, and wrinkles are cool too. Thank you 🙂
Re: the mouseover… sadly, grey and white hair do not take dye well, and need to be bleached first as does dark hair.
Oh no! Clearly there is more to it than I thought. *sigh*
Dammit, I was hoping there would come a day when I could dip my (dark brown) hair in BRIGHT PINK hair dye and just have the grey ones glow in the dark.
By total chance today (the 6th when you posted this) was my birthday. 41 years and counting.
Ohhh excellent! Happy birthday!
Yes 😀 this is it totally, the wrinkles and the stretchmarks are visible signs of our increasing awesomeness as humans (also how amazing is it that pubic hair also goes white?!) Thank you xxx
That *is* amazing! The human body is nothing if not thorough. 😀
Thanks Cassian. I love your webcomic, and I am 27 with gray streaks in my hair, which I think are beautiful but then I feel this internalized guilt about thinking that. You really spoke to me with this one.