Locks Of Love

So, while I was busily learning how to be a cheer coach, I was neglecting my blogging and some things have happened.. I just received an email from a friend up in New York and she was offering some encouraging words about how sometimes she lets things get to her like I was doing.. anyway, she mentioned that she recently cut her daughter's hair (which the last time I saw it 2 years ago was almost waist level) to send to locks of love and that reminded me that I hadn't posted our pictures yet or blogged about our little locks of love hair giver...

Drama Queen, while she is tall for her age (98th percentile) she is still petite.. I don't understand exactly how that works, but it's true! Specifically, she has a very small face AND VERY LARGE HAIR! :o) Her hair is so thick and grows so fast!! Well, Jethro hates it cuz it's always in her face.. we talked about it last summer and he really wanted it all cut off, but of course, she's the consummate girl and wants "my hair to touch my toes." In an effort to reach a compromise, she agreed to keep it pulled back off of her face when Daddy was home.. that worked for a while, but still, at night, after bathtime and before bedtime (hmmm... when Daddy's home) she would have it down and it would drive Daddy crazy..

Drama Queen is pretty self-aware of her prettiness (a bit too self aware, in my opinion) and she connects a lot of that to her hair.. So, between Daddy wanting it cut and my wanting her to recognize that beauty that lies withIN people, I thought about Locks Of Love.. I took Drama Queen to their website last year and showed her all these little girls who have no hair and explained how she could help them by cutting some of hers off.. I didn't give her an option, I said that when her hair reached 10 inches (the minimum length) she would get it cut, giving her Dad what he wanted, teaching her that she's beautiful even with short hair and helping a little girl all at the same time.. Well, we talked about it often and visited the site a few more times and within a couple of months, she was so excited about cutting her hair for Locks of Love she would ask me at least once a week to measure her hair to see if it was long enough yet!

Well, it got long enough.. I must admit that even though I had 9 months to prepare for this moment, I wasn't prepared!!! I was a bit nervous too, about her reaction. Nothing to be worried about! She was all smiles the whole time! and she LOVES her new do!!! And me? well, I made her wait to get her hair cut until AFTER school pictures, but once I saw how cute she looks when you can actually see her face!!! I had the picture people do re-takes!!

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