Thursday was an awesome day filled with new experiences! After a yummy lunch of rice and dahll (sp?) and a little nap, we were on our way to our first home! It was when I got a pair of shears in my hand that I finally felt like myself for the first time since I got here. God created me to have a pair of shears in my hand and that is when I feel most confident and whole! The butterflies I had had in my stomach since I got here vanished and I was a new and happier person! I have never seen myself transform so much and so fast!
Anyway, when we got to the home the girls descended upon us with hugs and smiles and “hi’s.” They were so precious and beautiful and my heart melted! All of the 17, or so, girls in the home are daughters of prostitutes. Their dads are some worthless, unknown, nasty men and their moms live in slavery.
Lice runs a bit rampant there so most of them had an old fashioned, and super uneven, chili bowl! With it short it’s easier to get the lice out or keep it out all together. A short cut on little girls in India isn’t uncommon so they don’t feel uncomfortable or like boys. Adono is the beautiful lady that cuts their hair so I worked with her on how to cut a better chili bowl and call it a stacked bob. Adono is an amazing young woman! She has been at the home for two years taking care of and loving those girls. She is 28 and I admire her courage and dedication to all those girls!
We cut Adono's hair first since the little girls were still eating their lunch. They have an awesome huge porch on the second floor so we decided to do our thing out there. It was a beautiful day and I love cutting hair outside! After Adono’s cut I started on the little ones. They were so excited and cute, full of smile and chitter chatter! I SO wish I knew what they were saying! After several cuts, teaching Adono some, and lots of giggles…everyone started freaking out and yelling!!! There was a monkey on the roof watching us! They all started running inside and telling me to hurry in too. I wanted to run in too, but to get my camera and go back out! Apparently that wasn’t a good idea because the monkeys are very mean and aggressive. So, I grabbed the little girl, and the stool she was sitting on, and went inside with the others. We all started laughing and they all started talking about monkeys and, I assume, their past adventures with them. I guess someone had fed one of the monkeys one time and ever since then they have been a nuisance. They have even gotten into the house and everything! Their driver had to chase it out with a broom! As a result of said monkeys, the driver climbed the tree in the front yard and started hacking at it with a hatchet! Apparently that’s how they were getting in. The poor tree looks so horrible now!
After the monkey escapade I continued to cut inside until they were all done. I set a new record for myself…seventeen haircuts in 3 hours and 15 minutes!!! Whew! I wasn’t tired when I was done either, though my back hurt a little. One of the girls I even gave an a-symmetrical rocker-do to! Mainly because she kind of already had one! She was so funny because she knew her hair was so bad and she was like “please help me!” she cracked me up! She was so good natured about her bad cut and she and Adono (who was the one that cut it) kept laughing about how bad it was! Thinking back maybe I should have just cut it all short so it could grow in evenly instead of still funky and uneven… oh well.
When they had all had haircuts Jyoti, Lucy (she is kind of in charge of the home we were at, but doesn’t live there. She and her family are here on business) and I left to catch an auto to the metro station. (They call rickshaws “autos” here) The metro was packed with rush hour traffic so we couldn’t get on the first train that came out way. On the metro here they have a car that is for just the women. That was really nice because it’s really uncomfortable and kind of gross to be scrunched in a metro car with a bunch of smelly guys. We left Lucy two stops before she got off and took another auto home and that was pretty much the end of my day! Oh, I talked to my sister, Marley, on skype while I ate and Indian version of Italian pasta. After that I went off to bed!
Anyway, when we got to the home the girls descended upon us with hugs and smiles and “hi’s.” They were so precious and beautiful and my heart melted! All of the 17, or so, girls in the home are daughters of prostitutes. Their dads are some worthless, unknown, nasty men and their moms live in slavery.
Lice runs a bit rampant there so most of them had an old fashioned, and super uneven, chili bowl! With it short it’s easier to get the lice out or keep it out all together. A short cut on little girls in India isn’t uncommon so they don’t feel uncomfortable or like boys. Adono is the beautiful lady that cuts their hair so I worked with her on how to cut a better chili bowl and call it a stacked bob. Adono is an amazing young woman! She has been at the home for two years taking care of and loving those girls. She is 28 and I admire her courage and dedication to all those girls!
We cut Adono's hair first since the little girls were still eating their lunch. They have an awesome huge porch on the second floor so we decided to do our thing out there. It was a beautiful day and I love cutting hair outside! After Adono’s cut I started on the little ones. They were so excited and cute, full of smile and chitter chatter! I SO wish I knew what they were saying! After several cuts, teaching Adono some, and lots of giggles…everyone started freaking out and yelling!!! There was a monkey on the roof watching us! They all started running inside and telling me to hurry in too. I wanted to run in too, but to get my camera and go back out! Apparently that wasn’t a good idea because the monkeys are very mean and aggressive. So, I grabbed the little girl, and the stool she was sitting on, and went inside with the others. We all started laughing and they all started talking about monkeys and, I assume, their past adventures with them. I guess someone had fed one of the monkeys one time and ever since then they have been a nuisance. They have even gotten into the house and everything! Their driver had to chase it out with a broom! As a result of said monkeys, the driver climbed the tree in the front yard and started hacking at it with a hatchet! Apparently that’s how they were getting in. The poor tree looks so horrible now!
After the monkey escapade I continued to cut inside until they were all done. I set a new record for myself…seventeen haircuts in 3 hours and 15 minutes!!! Whew! I wasn’t tired when I was done either, though my back hurt a little. One of the girls I even gave an a-symmetrical rocker-do to! Mainly because she kind of already had one! She was so funny because she knew her hair was so bad and she was like “please help me!” she cracked me up! She was so good natured about her bad cut and she and Adono (who was the one that cut it) kept laughing about how bad it was! Thinking back maybe I should have just cut it all short so it could grow in evenly instead of still funky and uneven… oh well.
When they had all had haircuts Jyoti, Lucy (she is kind of in charge of the home we were at, but doesn’t live there. She and her family are here on business) and I left to catch an auto to the metro station. (They call rickshaws “autos” here) The metro was packed with rush hour traffic so we couldn’t get on the first train that came out way. On the metro here they have a car that is for just the women. That was really nice because it’s really uncomfortable and kind of gross to be scrunched in a metro car with a bunch of smelly guys. We left Lucy two stops before she got off and took another auto home and that was pretty much the end of my day! Oh, I talked to my sister, Marley, on skype while I ate and Indian version of Italian pasta. After that I went off to bed!
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