I know exactly what you mean! (I still see myself as 25! That's why I don't LOOK
in mirrors anymore. LOL)

"Red Head" is more than a hair color - it's a personality. So, it's ok to be a
redhead without actually having red hair. Just think of the gray as a cloak that
covers the real you, like a blanket of snow that covers a field - you know the
flowers are there, just waiting to bloom. (OK, now I'm getting too fruu-fruu!
But, you know what I mean!)

Anita
Fort Lauderdale

--- In deciding_to_go_gray@yahoogroups.com, "randomcaprice" <keridwen@...>
wrote:
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> I decided to go gray in December 2007 and I'm finally there. But I am still
having a problem seeing myself as gray haired. Wondering if anyone else is
experiencing the same?
>
> In my mind's eye, when I envision myself doing something in the future, or
reliving something in the recent past, I see myself as a red head. Not the gray
head I have become. I am still startled when I catch a glimpse of myself
accidently in a mirror.
>
> Don't get me wrong--I love being gray. Love the freedom, love the look, love
not having too vivid hair which looked bizarre at my age. BUT....I just can't
seem to get used to the real me. I kind of feel like a stranger in my own body.
Very weird...
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