Today I picked up a single hair from my chair and started looking at it.  Have you ever thought about what your hair has been through?

It is 31" long.  It is silver at the end, blonde at the root (figure THAT one out).  It is very thin on the end, but thicker and more course at the root.  It has a bit of a natural wave to it.  It is strong enough to handle some tugging and stretching. It has no splits, no bumps or other irregularities.

Estimating 1/2" of growth a month (a bit more than I usually get), the tip of the hair would be a bit over 5 years old.  5 years ago I was just starting to bike.  My son was just graduating from high school.  I was many pounds lighter.  Hubby and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. 

Over the course of 5 years, it would have been washed over 800 times.  Braided 1825 times at night.  Put in a bun at least 900 times (if you count only once a day!).  French braided about 300 times.  Dried with a hair dryer maybe once.

This one little hair has been through a lot!  It is amazing it hung on as long as it did.  It may have been trimmed a few times (but not many).

Although we think of hair as fragile, it actually has to be pretty sturdy and strong to survive all that we do to it.  If we just give hair a chance, it can survive to a long, beautiful thread.

I heard somewhere along the way that a single strand of hair is stronger than a strand of steel the same thickness.  Never verified it as being true, anyone know for sure?

When I was younger and had mid-thigh length hair, my brothers used to tell me that one strand of hair can pull a train. They wanted to experiment with mine