My Secret is Out!

Sometimes you have secrets and you don't even know it. (This is kind of like unknowingly having a hunting knife tucked away in your purse (thanks Abe) when you are trying to get through airport security---true story). This time, I discovered my own secret during family scripture study on Thursday morning. So, we were sitting in the living room before school and reading a few verses , when the sun came peeking out from behind a cloud and must have suddenly cast a glow upon my head that got Abe's attention. "Mom!" he said, "you have some grey hair!" (yes, it is true, I have a white hair situation that is getting worse at my temples by the day and I may have to start seeing my stylist a little more often). "No kidding Abe!" I said, "and I'd have a lot more than that if I didn't get my hair colored every few months!" Abe looked like I just confessed my true name was not Kerry Jensen and that I was a part of the witness protection program or something! Then, he laughed, "You do not dye your hair Mom!" Now I had to laugh! "Uh, YES I do!" Abe was seriously stunned! He almost reacted as if I was doing something immoral! "Well, how long have you been dying your hair?!" he asked. "Since you were six weeks old," I told him. "When I was pregnant with you my auburn got a lot darker - so it's pretty much your fault!" I had no problem whatsoever placing the blame for my immoral hair-coloring habit squarely on his shoulders. Let him deal with the guilt! The other thing I realized by this conversation is how seriously uninterested our kids are in anything other than their own business. The things I could have been getting away with for the past almost eleven years! "Haven't you ever noticed that sometimes my hair suddenly looks a little more red than usual?" -- "Well Yah, but I just thought you were using different shampoo or something."
I wish! Apparently I could use a bottle right now!