Lessons learned at the Gilreath Hilton

I have been self conscious of my lack of hair all of my life. Each decade it would get worse. I have seen the end result in my Granny and her sisters, but was so afraid to try anything out of my comfort zone. Well last Wednesday, God put @Sherrie Gilreath in my life. I went to Second Baptist Church in Griffin, GA to do some ACS Training. Little did I know the big changes God had in store for me. These people welcomed me into their church with handshakes and hugs. I felt right at home. We visited some and then got down to the task at hand. Pulling up out of the "trouble" books that had been handed down from the past Financial Secretary. I worked with Sherrie and Lynnette and we made quick work of reorganizing the COA and streamlining PR Adjustments that had been pages and pages long before. Showed them a few tricks for doing, lets say just one check on the fly. Also got them updated to the most recent version and with all the tax table changes, Pastor Ron seemed to have an even bigger smile on his face when we explained all that to him. And then God used them to minister to me. To make me know what the shreds of hair that i was hanging onto on the top of my head did not define me. That could be let go and I could let the Sharon I felt on the inside be seen on the outside of me. So I did it. With the help of my new friends, we went down to the wig store Wednesday with me a balding woman an I came with a full head of hair. Met the new people at the church the next day as the new me....no one laughed......maybe i an do this. Flew home on friday and noboby laughed....this is getting easier. Went to dinner party Friday night with some friends, nobody laughed.....hmmmm....maybe i will be ok. So Saturday morning i woke up an shaved the little hair i had left off of my head. It was kinda sad that it all fit in one of my hands. But it was FREEING. That crappy hair will not define me as a woman! I felt very welcomed by my church family today as well. It is just so nice to feel like a girl again after all these years, to feel feminine.