Military barbers belong to an entirely different category of human beings. Now if you have read the military chronicles before, then perhaps you remember me mentioning Safiya, a lady of Somali lineage.
Barbers: Hair Food
Somewhere between Form One and Form Four, I discovered that I genuinely loved long hair. Not rebellious-long. Not rockstar-long. Just enough to grow and maintain a proper afro.
Being Real While Being Holy
And for a moment I just stood there watching this generation worship God and quietly thinking, “Lord, perhaps the future of the Church is brighter than we imagine.” There is something powerful about seeing young people choose Christ willingly in a world aggressively discipling them away from Him.
Gathano People
There is something psychologically comforting about cold weather because the solution feels simple: generate warmth. Wear a sweater. Pull a duvet closer. Light a fire. Drink tea. Cuddle up over Prime & Netflix. Human beings seem to instinctively know how to respond to cold.
Barbers
But there were children who carried themselves with the confidence of people who used fabric softener consistently. Their sweaters looked newer. They had magazines and comic books. Nancy Drew and the Hardy boys as extras versus us and our Moses in Trouble and Moses and Mildred gracing our home libraries.