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Something we’ve been doing here in Guyzance is going through old family documents and photographs, which is as hilarious/tearful as these processes usually are. I’ve seen pictures of both sets of grandparents getting married, of great uncles and grandads in uniform on their way to war(s), of my great-Grandma (who I just remember) holding my Mum when she was a baby. There are ration books, WAF discharge papers, marriage certificates, telegrams with tragic news.
There’s levity too. In more recent family history, we’ve all found special amusement looking at my hair.
Here I am at my shortest. (When I typed that I meant my shortest hair, but actually I was pretty short all over.)
Here I am at my blondest:
Here I am at my longest. Check out my right shoulder!
Here I am at my most pageboy.
Here I am at my fringiest. 
Here I am at my bouffiest. Bonnie Tyler, eat your heart out.
Here I am at my eightiesest. If you were there, you probably had a batwing sweater involving fuschia pink and jade green too. You just might not be foolish enough to admit it on a publicly viewable document.
And here I am today.
I’m not sure about the whole curly asymmetric thing that I’ve got going on at the back – I might actually have to go and have a haircut – but other than that, I think my hair is looking pretty OK. And looking through the pictures reminds me that this here post chemo hair is nothing more than another part of my history, and a minor part at that. I hope, in generations to come, my dance with cancer will be a snippet of my life and not what defines me in the collective memory. And if the last couple of days are anything to go by, I expect everyone will be too busy laughing at my hair to even think about cancer….which is fine by me!
I quite like the curly bits at the back
I LOVE the 80's look haha I saw a sweater the other day that had big bat wing sleeves. It was fuschia and grey – the fabulous pink n grey fad of the 80s is back too!
Love the pageboy look too – reminds me of when I had that
Loved the photos because we are around the same age so sported the same "looks". I hate my hair right now, I hate my body – fat and ugly is how I feel but like you, this is a passing moment in our lives, it will be better next year!
like Sarah said the photo's of younger days were very much like some i have as we're kind of the same age. ok i'm older but not too much hehe
Your hair looks great now, its really growing isn't it. now its growing it won't stop, by christmas you'll be like Rapunzel
I loved this post as i trace my family tree, unfortunatly my parents both died so i have no ration books and old things to look at and keep record of.. there you go, i've found you a new hobby
I'm envying that curl in your hair! Mine appears to be growing back every bit as straight as it was before. And it's a lot darker, but as I spend more time in the sun without a hat (gave up the wigs a month or so ago), it's lightening up. Yep, it's just a momentary stage for us.
You look great!