A CHANGING WORLD

Yesterday I was 13 and it was not common to see men on dreads. The few men on dreads yesterday were known as Rastafarians and were considered after the order of the is this love/one love crooner. Now, a blink of an eye later it seems the world is spinning out of my control. Just yesterday, only few men wore studs whom I looked at curiously. Today the lead male chorister wears a nose ring and dangling earring. Yesterday Bill Cosby show was my favorite show. Today Bill Cosby is a figure associated th sexual predation. Yesterday, P.Diddy was the hero today he is the villain. Just yesterday Storm is Over was a special number in my church, today, R.Kelly is in jail on multiple counts of abuse. Yesterday, women were clearly the prize today the men are claiming to be the prize. Yesterday, I was amongst the youngest in class, today I seem to be among the eldest in gatherings.

You see when you are young you cannot wait to grow old and when you are old you wonder where all the years went. Yesterday only adults wore lipstick, today children not to talk of teens wear lipstick to church. Not long ago fixing and painting of nails was associated with females now some males do their nails. Yesterday, I hardly saw men in my salon as they were mostly in a barber’s shop today, males are dragging my hairdresser with me and competing with me for whose hair is longer. Yesterday, I had one strand of white hair as a teenager today I miss having only one white strand as the white strands cannot be counted.