For Christmas, Karen Massaro of Middletown decided to cut 10 inches from the thick, glossy, chocolate brown locks that spill over her shoulders and across her back. A radical statement it was, but the style change was provoked by reasons other than vanity.
Children can be honest in a cruel way.
Massaro, who was raised in Texas and has lived in Rhode Island for the past six years, has chestnut brown twinkling eyes and lips the color of sangria. She has worn her hair long almost always. She trimmed it six inches two years ago, and she wore it short during her pregnancies. But for the most part this mane has become a trademark to those that know her. To submit a ponytail it must be at least 10 inches in length according to the Locks of Love rules.