Locks of Love

For several years, I have had a dream of growing my hair out to donate it to Locks of Love. Locks of Love is an organization that makes wigs for children with cancer. I first heard about it when I was 18. I thought it would be so much fun to be able to do that. The problem is, that I was blessed with really thick hair. So every time I would get close to having enough hair to donate, I would get crazy headaches that would cause me to need to cut it off. The other issue is that I never thought I looked good with short hair, so I would have to grow it super long to still have some to donate.

Well, when I got pregnant with Alexander, I had awful morning sickness. I was constantly hot, and constantly visiting the bathroom and having to tie back my hair. Scott finally convinced me to cut off my hair, and for the first time I actually enjoyed having short hair. Scott liked it too, so it was a bonus. Well, as time went on, and Alexander was born, my hair started to fall out and thin out. I just kept letting it grow because I was too lazy to cut it.

As time passed, my hair got longer and longer, and I noticed that because some had fallen out, it was much lighter. As it started to grow back in, I got these crazy short hairs that were poking out everywhere. That is when I made a decision. I decided to keep growing out my hair to see if I could donate it. This took a lot of patience because of all my crazy short hairs. Lately it has been especially annoying as those hairs that have started to grow out and made braiding my hair look funky.

Finally, I decided that I would let my hair grow out until just before the baby comes, that way it could be as long as possible, and as full and thick as possible. Since it is likely, some hair may fall out again after the baby comes, I figured I should cut it before then. Well, the day has arrived! Today I made the big plunge and chopped it off. I have to say I have NEVER had it this short before. But the good news is that I didn't just cut off the needed ten inches to donate, but twelve and a half inches! It feels so nice to donate it for a good cause, and that after ten years of wanting to donate it, I finally did it!

We went in this morning to get it cut off. Scott and Alexander came with me too! Scott was great and documented the whole thing. It was super fun! It feels so awesome to be giving something to someone in need, especially at this time of year. Afterwards, we even went to a doughnut shop close by to celebrate. Below are some of the pictures he took of the whole thing:

Well, that's all for now! Tune in next time for some holiday fun :)