First Ponytail

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Sarah was born bald. She was completely bald until age two, when a few tufts of wispy white hair appeared on the back of her head. Little by little the rat's nest on her hair has gotten slighty thicker and longer. She has amazing hair, really, kind of a living sculpture that changes throughout the day. One moment it will be curling against her neck, and the next it will be sticking straight up out the back. Look again and there will be bunches spiking out at obscure angles. Sections of hair will congeal in blobs. Other parts are so fine that they just float away from her scalp, defying gravity. I never tire of watching her hair. For the first time today, courtesy of my visiting sister-in-law, Sarah wore her hair in a very small ponytail. She was thrilled, showing everyone she met all day, proclaiming repeatedly that she was big enough to have lots of hair.