About those wisdom patches

Hello folks, let’s chat…I spotted it during my morning’s extreme makeover. No. Way. I leaned in closer and looked again. Surely not. I grabbed my magnifying mirror, thinking there was no way I was seeing what I thought I was seeing, only I was. A long black hair was growing beneath my bottom lip. I’m not talking about a chin hair, y’all. I’m talking about a black hair, the length of my eyelashes, growing beneath my bottom lip, right in front of God and everybody. While you’re processing that, consider this. I was just coming off a long series of back to back traveling weekends, where I had spoken to a variety of audiences in a number of cities. Somebody pass Mama the smelling salts.

I removed the hairy offender faster than quick while I tried not to think about how many people might have seen it. I called my girlfriends for comfort. I got nothing.

“It’s a wisdom patch,” Mary said, after she caught her breath from laughing like a maniac. “That’s what they call that little patch of hair beneath a man’s lip.”

One of my younger friends disagreed. “Nope. It’s called a soul patch.”

Wisdom patch, soul patch, whatever. I just want to know why no one gave me a heads-up. I mean, do I look like the type of woman who would be growing a soul patch under her bottom lip, on purpose? Don’t answer that. You know, back in the day, I would see an older lady with stray hairs growing in odd places on her face and I would think to myself, why doesn’t she pluck that? I now know she couldn’t see it. Cut us, I mean her, some slack.

By the way, male type people, I figure you’re getting a chuckle out of my embarrassing facial hair episode. I’m okay with that. You know I think life is better when you’re laughing. But do remember, y’all have your own issues. We used to think y’all were losing your hair. We now realize it’s simply changing directions and growing back out of your ears and nose, kind of like a reverse chia pet.

Peace, love, and soul from your wisdom sista’. Cha, cha, cha, chia…

Hugs,
Shellie

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