Black & Giving Back... The Blog!
Yesterday, my Twitter friends learned of my decision to donate my tresses to Locks of Love, a public nonprofit that "helps disadvantaged children with medical hair loss."
This is a pic of my pony sans product (meaning my hair is chemical-free and store-bought product-free). No sense being natural if you're going to put crap in your locks, right???.
I didn't want to get cold feet, so, ummm, here's a picture of it after I cut it off today.
Now, I know some you are out there laughin' at my forehead or fivehead (as it was so graciously referred to during my youth) AND spottin' your britches over my robe! {y'all are so messed up for laughin' at me! :-)}
In between gasping for air, please remember that this was all for a worthy cause and my after photo should not be held against me. {wink}
Man! The stylist is going to be ripped to shreds when I walk in and ask her to "fix" the rest of my head! I still have almost 8 inches of hair on the crown and sides!!! Thank goodness, I left her something to play with. {teehee}
On a serious note, I actually feel really, really good right now. I'm mean... really good!
I couldn't help but notice, as I was cutting my hair, that I was overcome with an incredible sense that I was doin'-the-right-thing!
I don't feel lighter from the reduced weight of my hair. I actually feel overjoyed by the act of doing something good (donating my hair) for someone in need (to take from LOL's mission statement: I wanted to "return a sense of self, confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss" by donating my ponytail in hopes that it will become a high "quality hair prosthetic to financially disadvantaged children.").
Looks like it's time for me to take a new mugshot since I done cut all my hair off. {WOOT!}
If I said it once, I'll say it again.
This is a pic of my pony sans product (meaning my hair is chemical-free and store-bought product-free). No sense being natural if you're going to put crap in your locks, right???.
I didn't want to get cold feet, so, ummm, here's a picture of it after I cut it off today.
Now, I know some you are out there laughin' at my forehead or fivehead (as it was so graciously referred to during my youth) AND spottin' your britches over my robe! {y'all are so messed up for laughin' at me! :-)}
In between gasping for air, please remember that this was all for a worthy cause and my after photo should not be held against me. {wink}
Man! The stylist is going to be ripped to shreds when I walk in and ask her to "fix" the rest of my head! I still have almost 8 inches of hair on the crown and sides!!! Thank goodness, I left her something to play with. {teehee}
On a serious note, I actually feel really, really good right now. I'm mean... really good!
I couldn't help but notice, as I was cutting my hair, that I was overcome with an incredible sense that I was doin'-the-right-thing!
I don't feel lighter from the reduced weight of my hair. I actually feel overjoyed by the act of doing something good (donating my hair) for someone in need (to take from LOL's mission statement: I wanted to "return a sense of self, confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair loss" by donating my ponytail in hopes that it will become a high "quality hair prosthetic to financially disadvantaged children.").
Looks like it's time for me to take a new mugshot since I done cut all my hair off. {WOOT!}
If I said it once, I'll say it again.
I just love how life rhymes!