I like your haircut

I was at work today when I finally had my first "I like your haircut" comment.  I really didn't know this lady.  I've seen her here and there but since she didn't work in my office I never really had a conversation with her.  Sure the normal hi and bye with a smile but no conversation.  Sounds silly but we were in the restroom (isn't that where most females have conversations???) when she looked over to me as we were both washing our hands and said.......

Her:   "I like your haircut."  Didn't you use to have blonde hair too?  It looks so cute. 

With the most null and void look on my face and I thought for one moment do I tell her or do I smile and say thanks?  I don't like my hair, and it certainly wasn't a chosen haircut.  She was smiling at me and I though, gezz I gotta say something so I did it.  I looked at her and said.......

Me:   well..........ummm......it's actually not a haircut. 

Another lady walks in.  Oh geez, should I even go there?  Well, whatever these women are all familiar and why is cancer such a secret?  I guess I don't want people to feel sorry for me, I want people to be aware of this silent killer.  So I continued. 

Me:  Ummm......I actually had cancer and I've only had this hair for 6 months now.

She looked shocked and apologized immediately. 

Me:  No, no, you don't have to apologize.  It's not that big of a deal, I didn't tell a lot of people so you wouldn't have known.
Her:  I'm so sorry. 
Me:  It's ok.  I'm fine now.  Well, so the docs say.  But really never know.  I never expected cancer.
Her:  Can I ask what type you had.
Me:  I had breast cancer.  It came out of no where.  In fact, I'm coming up on my one year anniversary of finding it.  So hard to believe how things change in a year.  I smiled and looked down at her belly.
She was about 8 months pregnant.

So we talked about my cancer and talked about her pregnancy.  Things are fine and I enjoyed our conversation.  Funny how something like a haircut or in my case hair growth can start an entire conversation and now when I see her, I'm sure we'll be chatting up a storm.  But what's funny is, I've been wondering when my first "I like your haircut" comment would occur and how I would react to it.  Now I know.