Goodbye Curls

My hair REALLY started to fall out in the shower today.  Very unsettling, down right scary in fact.  I will be seeing my stylist Jody tonight so she can take it all to one very short layer.  I think the head shaving is just around the corner.  So my conversation with hubby tonight went like this:

ME: I am scared to lose my hair.

Hubby: Me too!

Me: What are YOU scared for?

Hubby: How you'll look.

Me: Yeah, me too.  

PAUSE for a few moments.

Me: Well, we just have to tell ourselves that it's temporary.  And it's just the way I look, the way I look is NOT who I am.  I will still be me.

Hubby: Your hair doesn't define you.

Me: Yeah!!

Thus went the conversation as we tried to console ourselves about the upcoming change.