Hair ~ Not The Musical

One of the blogs I follow is My Life In Purple. She is a great little gal, young and cute and full of spunk. We have absolutely nothing in common and yet she fascinates me. Sometimes after visiting her blog, I find myself wanting to exercise, dress better and have an appletini (if I drank which I don't but I might if it made me look like MLIP). Anyway, awhile back she started Ten Inches For The Cure. For October's Breast Cancer Awareness month, she asked women to grow their hair out to meet the donation requirements (10 inches) and then donate it on October 1st to make wigs for children suffering from medical hair loss. That got me thinking because I did that very thing three years ago to honor my little sister who has cancer. By the way, my sister Kelly does have cancer, it does not have her. She has it by the throat and is choking the life out of it day by day. Much like she does to me every time we talk. Did I say that out loud?  Anyway....


I am chopping my locks off on October 1st and donating it to Ten Inches For The Cure. When I do this, I will be thinking of and honoring five women.


The first is my sister Kelly. You remember her, the Courtney Love look-a-like. And NO.....I will not post that picture I posted HERE...and HERE...and HERE! That would be wrong so stop begging because I won't do it. But I will chop my locks off in honor of her. She is one of the bravest, toughest, most robust Swiss women I know....and I know a few robust Swiss women, believe you me!

That's Kelly in the orange. She hates this picture because she is sitting in a wheelchair. She worries about what people will think. Ummm....they'll think we all look really stupid taking a picture with a fake talking donkey? By the way, why is my boob in your ear? Just wondering....

Anyway....the next two people I am doing this in honor of are Silver Strands and her mother. Both these women are amazing. Both inspire me. Both make me yearn to be a better person. Seriously. Denalee's mother was diagnosed with cancer. Being her only child with silver hair, Denalee decided to shave her head and donate her silver strands to make a wig for her mother to wear until mom's own silver strands grew back. Like I said....amazing! So, I am donating my own strands not yet silver in honor of these two beautiful women.

Confession....I may be a bit jealous that SOME women look good with or without hair. I'm not naming names....just saying.....

Finally, I am chopping my brownielocks off to honor my daughter-in-law Amy and her sister Katherine. A year ago in August, their mother and my friend Ellen lost her battle to breast cancer. This year, Amy and Katherine did the 3 day Susan G Komen walk in honor of their mother. That's right, Amy and Katherine walked 60 miles in 3 days in memory of their mother and to raise money for a cure. I could not be prouder of you girls. It still makes me tear up.

Amy and Katherine. How did I get so lucky to have these girls in my life?



So, there it is. The plan. The reason. Oh.....here are the before pictures.

Sing with me!!!

Gimme a head with hair

Long beautiful hair

Shining, gleaming,

Streaming, flaxen, waxen

Give me down to there hair

Shoulder length or longer

Here baby, there mama

Everywhere daddy daddy

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair

Flow it, show it

Long as God can grow it

My hair