Here we come, Locks of Love

Well I did it!

I cut Princess’ hair once in her 5 years on this earth. She had VERY long hair. I could just never bring myself to cut it because it was so beautiful.  Along with being beautiful it was hard to manage and it was getting to the point we both dreaded sitting down to do it.

In March of 2008 my Granny was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer, a very bad thing. She would need chemo to hopefully get rid of it. During that chemo she lost her hair.  Well we went down to see Granny that summer and Princess was taken off with the fact Granny had no hair. So we explained the situation to her. Princess then decided that she wanted to donate her hair to sick little girls. She said, after all, She doesn’t NEED all this hair.

I then decided that we would do it right after our wedding, then decided after this summer’s Texas trip we would chop it. I could never bring myself to do it! As the end of summer got closer I mentally prepared myself to chop off her hair.

August 22^nd when she went to get ready for school, I chopped it! I was in such shock. I cried for a bit and quickly got over it when she looked in the mirror and said “ I love it, Mom!”

Now she is able to do her own hair and she loves that. It will grow back… One day, but the curls are gone.

In Summer of ’06 when I was pregnant with Ethan I was puking up a storm and that is when I decided to chop off all my hair. It was down to my bum. I went into several places before I found one that would cut it.  I also kept it. I will be sending them both off to LOL. My hair was highlighted but they can send that off for other things and help off set the costs of the wigs.

It feels good to teach the kids that no matter how you help others it can always bring a smile to their face. I hope whom ever gets our hair has fun with it. We are blessed to be able to do such a wonderful thing