Kidding, of course!
I enjoy listening to Christmas music this time of year. But radio stations, Pandora, etc. don’t play my favorite Christmas carol of all-time nearly as much as they should. The song I’m speaking of is “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Judy Garland’s rendition is the quintessential version, and the only one I typically listen to.
Of course, it’s also the only depressing Christmas carol. Perhaps that’s why it isn’t featured more prominently in the proverbial rotation this time of year.
But there’s a resoundingly hopeful message expressed in both the lyric and music. It speaks to those of us who are striving to do better, be better, and, of course, to the balding, the insecure, the disappointed, the disillusioned, the lonely, the bitter, etc.
If you spend much time reading this blog or obsessing over hair loss, chances are, you’ve written 2017 off already as a not-so-great year. But you’re ready for 2018 to arrive, and here’s to hoping that all of our collective troubles (and hair loss) will be out of sight by Christmas time, next year. Happy holidays from Hair Loss Daily.
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Thank you and Merry Christmas to you, too. I remember the warm glow I felt the first time I was called ‘Baldy’. I felt that I had finally ‘arrived’. I got the same warm feeling the first time someone called me ‘Shiny top’. I love being reminded that I am bald. MPB comes with a very special fringe benefit: the horseshoe shaped ‘fringe’ of hair on the sides and back. I hope my fringe keeps slowly narrowing, but never disappears entirely. It is the signature feature of natural, healthy male pattern baldness and sets it apart from ‘cancer patient’ or ‘chemo’ baldness. My heart goes out to all the cancer patients out there. I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy and I am male pattern bald, which for me was a wish come true. My wish for everyone out there destined to go bald, going bald, or already bald like me to embrace baldness and grow to love it like I do. For me MPB is a wonderful gift. I don’t just tolerate or embrace it, I love it.
Excellent, it is the holiday season, so I’m glad MPB has been such a wonderful gift in your life! I agree with you. I just left a comment for a young girl in this post, who was about to have a biopsy done to test for lymphoma. She was looking for tips on how to look her best, in the event she loses her hair due to the effects of chemo. I tried to offer her my encouragement and best advice. We definitely have a lot to be thankful for. All the best to you, Eric, in 2017! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed hearing your story and insights on MPB. By the way, your latest work is up! Hope it lives up to your standards. Cheers.
Thank you. I have read it. Well done. It captures the full range of the emotions I’ve felt: desire, doubt, envy, impatience, hope, fear, guilt, elation, thrill, ecstasy, and finally pleasure, contentment and fulfillment. All those emotions, over a silly thing called male pattern baldness. There is no doubt about it, male pattern baldness, whether desired or dreaded is fraught with strong feelings and emotions. Especially if it happens suddenly and over a short period of time. I thank God that when He programmed MPB into my DNA, He also implanted an irresistible urge and desire to go bald. He did me a huge favor. Far better to wish for and welcome the inevitable than to dread it, fight it and then hate it. And when it finally happened, He made sure going bald would be an extremely pleasant experience for me. It was. And to top it off, he gave me a wife who loves MPB as much as I do. She has wonderful ways of reminding me of that. 🙂
But a full head of luscious beautiful hair is a woman’s ‘crowing glory’, so hair loss for a woman is entirely different situation. And hair loss on account of cancer is a double terror! It is difficult to know what to say and not sound insensitive. My heart goes out to Kayla and all other cancer patients like her. I will add her to my prayer list. I will pray that the test results come back to show that it was a false alarm and that she is healthy.
Glad it met your expectations! Thanks for the inspiration and detailed commentary, as always. Yes, I’m hoping she’s okay and it turns to be a false alarm as well. Unfortunately, as I learned this past Black Friday, female hair loss is super common. Women don’t go totally bald like men do, but they typically do thin out and experience some degree of pattern hair loss, i.e. balding, as they age. Anyway, hope you have an excellent new year, my friend!
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