Laowai

I like braids. I came across this flickr group called Braid Wednesday the other day and it took me back to something I hadn’t thought about in a long time. Jennifer used to braid my hair on the school bus. I love that memory. I don’t actually remember a lot about it. I just remember sitting there sideways while she tugged my hair tight. I think I was usually sleepy because my body was trained to fall asleep as soon as I got on the bus and then eventually I was self-trained to wake up at just the right time when we pulled up to the school. My body somehow sensed we were near the school based on the rhythm of stops and goes and bumps in the road – I never slept through my stop but I always slept deeply. Thank you for braiding my hair on the school bus Jennifer.