Silver Foxes

When I was looking for a new car, a few years ago, I noticed on the road, every single car of the brand I was researching.

Now I'm singling out all the gray women. There are many more than I had thought. And they aren't all elderly, with tight curls adorning their heads. They are all ages. In fact, some of the younger girls are even dying their hair an extreme platinum, that honestly looks gray or white. Go figure.

But I've been seeing some gorgous women in their 40's and 50's with short, salt and pepper and long, lustrous, multi-shaded gray locks.

I've been talking to some of them and it's amazing how many wish to discuss the gray issue. Many never did dye their hair-- others, as I, suddenly realized that they were being sucked into a lifestyle not of their choosing.

I was conversing with one, 65 year-old woman in the mall yesterday, about why it is that we've always accepted gray hair on men, but not women. "Right," she said. "And have you ever noticed that women go gray but men are silver?"

Hmmm....