Crown and Glory

On beauty, strength, and my mother’s signature silver locks

Photos courtesy of the author.

“Hair is a woman’s crown and glory,” my mother told me on more than one occasion as she stood in her bathroom, brushing her hair. First, she would push all of her silver locks in front of her face, then she’d take a Denman brush (always a Denman brush) from the back of her neck to the ends of her hair and then throw the whole mess back…