Got Hats? October 14, 2009
article and photo by Tammy Circeo
It used to be that a woman’s outfit was only made complete by the addition of white gloves and a dressy hat. Thankfully, styles today do not dictate that we dress that way and yet, figuratively, we wear so many different headpieces: a chef’s toque, a nurse’s cap, a taxi-driver’s beret, a construction worker’s helmet, a referee’s cap … I’m sure you can count more of these invisible hats on your head, too!
When my head feels the pressure of the weight of so many hats and my neck muscles are sore from balancing all of them, I call a good massage therapist. (Hey … just keeping it real, folks!)
After the neck rub, I continue working on expressing gratitude for the many blessings in my life that require all those hats. I’m usually tempted to complain a bit about the time restraints I feel and the demands that creep up unexpectedly, but it is more real to me each day that just as the day is a gift to me, so are the people and things that fill it. I am fortunate to be a blessed woman with an occasional sore neck!
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