Truth or Fiction by Lorna Brown 

I read an article a couple of years ago about a father, who cut his teenage daughter’s hair after she got highlights. It was her birthday and her mother treated her to the gift. The girl, I imagine, would have been looking at herself in the car mirror every now and again, thrilled with her new look.  She was young, and it was probably the first time she could see the woman she’d become. Her mother dropped her off at her father’s house. I wondered if the girl was worried when she was going to the door. Did her mother linger with the car running to watch her daughter walk the path? Or had they no prior warnings to lead them to be nervous. And besides, what could make a man do that to his daughter? It could have been pure meanness and a need for control, but I don’t think anything can be black or white. There are grey areas in others that we never see-some hurt, some neglect or loss maybe. Read More