Just pretend

My youngest son let me in on a big secret. He wants to have a cool new hairstyle. He acts a bit embarrassed as he tells me all about it. He says he has to draw it that he just can't explain it "well enough" and he gets a piece of paper and although he wants crayons he settles for a bic pen. He hems and haws and finally throws the "new do" caricature at me. He first states "I bet it'll cost a lot so...it's okay if I can't do it". Then he gazes at me with his barely 9-year-old gray green eyes and smiles. Damn but he is a charmer. He has drawn a side view of a stick man with a spiky "yellow" hairdo except for two strands that hang directly in the eyes and these are labeled "red". He gazes up at me, ready for ridicule, and I say, "Wow...we'll see about this". He takes that as a yes and smiles a big ass crooked smile. This is the kid that asked me about 2 years ago..."Hey mom, just pretend for a minute that I am an actor and just pretend that I have to be an actor that has to wear an earring...would you hate me?� Hells bells. I forgot to mention that this is my 9 year old. I can feel more gray hairs coming in already!