The Magician Technician in Hair Fairies Chicago
The kid who wouldn’t be combed. They’re out there. Like a magician we must learn the art of shifting focus. Changing attentions. I’ve seen this happen in ways that astound. A crying screaming kid morphs into a laughing one. A worried mom, furrowed brow, tense mouth, sifts into a smiling one. I feel that the best technicians are also magicians. They can turn a metal comb into a funny cartoon monster. They change parasite removal into a movie marathon. They change a potentially traumatic situation into one that leaves kids asking, “Mom, can I have my birthday party here?”