TOOLS FOR LIFE...

My scissors & fav comb!

   
TOOLS FOR LIFE...

     These are my tools!  They fit my hands and I can use them with great ease and I enjoy what they can create.  I'm a hairstylist.  I went to hair school after 3 years of college and worked at a salon for 3 years after hair school then opened my own salon.  After 11 years I closed my salon and took a year and a half off.  Now I'm working very part time and loving it.  There's a brief history but more to the story!

     During college I changed my major just about every semester!  I couldn't really decide what I wanted to do.  After I got married and we moved back to our hometown, I knew my options were limited in western Oklahoma.  I knew I wasn't corporate minded, pretty sure I didn't want to work for someone else, and needed a way to be creative!  So this came to mind and after talking with the salon owner where I went to work after hair school, I took the plunge.  I was enrolled in college but hadn't even bought books because I didn't like it.  I had a part time job in a day spa.  I withdrew from college the last day that you could get your money back and gave my 2 weeks notice at my job.  I called hair school (Duncan Bros. in OKC) and put the $500 deposit on my only credit card.  I did all this without really talking it over with my husband of only a year!  Keep in mind this was back in the day when not every one had cell phones!  He was farming and couldn't get ahold of him, so I just made all these decisions.  When he came home late from working all day out in the weather, it was sowing wheat time, I told him what I had done.  Before he could say anything I said, "I withdrew from college today and gave my 2 weeks notice at work."  His response was "Oh?"  Now looking back I can only imagine what was really going through his head!  Then I said, "I going to hair school in OKC and it costs $5000.00 and if you don't like it we can get a divorce!"  He just looked at me and said "OK."  I thought well that went well.  He's been supportive of me and all my crazy ideas every since!  Sometimes I'm sure he's thinking oh my this girl is losing it, but he's still supportive!

     With all that being said, I want to say just how supportive my parents were!  They've always been there to encourage me in all my endeavors!  I grew up thinking that there wasn't anything that I couldn't do!  My dad was amazing in the way he made me feel as if I could conquer the world!  He taught me to never let anyone or anything get in my way and to go after whatever it is you want out of this life!  My parents always told me I could do anything in this world and that there's more than one way to get from point A to point B than a straight line.  Meaning to think outside the box and think for yourself!  My mom lived this philosophy and was and is an awesome role model and momma!   I loved growing up in that environment and hope to continue that with my 4 boys!  We start out living and being shaped by our parents and then we pass on what we've learned to the next generation.  I'm pretty sure I'm the luckiest girl ever to have had the most encouraging parents a kid could ever hope for and then marry a man that loves me and supports all my fun and crazy ideals about life.  That's plenty of reasons to KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON!  and that's exactly what I'm doing!  So not only do I have the physical tools to carry on but the emotional tools as well!  I'm truly blessed!

Trinity