A lifetime in the mirror

Linda Lovelace giving her favorite customer, her husband David, a trim. Gatesville Messenger/ David Scott
Linda Lovelace giving her favorite customer, her husband David, a trim. Gatesville Messenger/ David Scott

Linda Lovelace is a beauty shop owner by title, but also a life companion to her neighborhood by choice. She has styled hair for prom nights, nervous first dates, and job interviews. Her client files are not just notes on hair styles; they have been chapters of human lives.

Linda knows that a haircut is rarely about the hair. It is about the 45 minutes when someone sits in her chair, looks in the m…