Cave Lioness
(Photo by Rebecca Frankel.)
When I was in grade school, one of the teachers called me Cave Lioness. She hated my unruly hair, which reminded her of a lion’s mane. This teacher was obviously very uninformed, for female lions do not have manes.
This name calling had the opposite to the desired effect. I became proud of my mane and didn’t ever want to cut it. When I grew older, I opted for convenience and started to cut my hair short—sometimes very short.
Last year I was too busy for barbers, and my hair grew more than I intended. As it turned into a mane, I remembered the story of this nickname.
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Mike G:
If someone’s calling you a cave lioness and thinks it’s a put-down, wow, are they ever off target.
That would be a heck of a superhero name!
28 February 2019, 1:45 pm