Personal Narrative: H Is For Hair

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H is for Hair H is for hair. Last year my sister and I made a deal. It was her idea, the deal was that we weren't going to cut our hair until she graduated. We made this deal the summer after her junior year. That same summer, she cut four inches off of her hair. I wasn't that mad at her, it's her hair, and her graduation. I decided I would keep growing it out without her. Everybody has always told me how beautiful my hair is, but really, it's just a pain in the butt. In sixth grade I thought it would be a good idea to get bangs. I don't mean the bangs that go to the side like have now, I mean the bangs that go strait across your forehead. I thought this would be a good idea, because when I was little I had bangs and they looked great. I

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