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I found this postcard today, which spurred this blog post!
I'm new to AT. In May, I went for a routine hair cut and color, but this was anything but... For years, I've wanted to donate to Locks of Love. I've always had long hair, and I've never had the guts to cut it short. I was bored, and my hair was long enough, so I figured, what the heck, I'll donate it. So I did, and I left feeling WONDERFUL! I loved the short cut, and I was getting compliments left and right.
Imagine my distress and pain when a few weeks later, I was washing my hair and getting HUGE clumps stuck in my fingers and in the shower drain. I was in tears and over the next 2 terrifying weeks, I saw my reflection change from the confident young woman with a GREAT hairstyle, to someone so ashamed of my looks I brushed my teeth with the lights off.
A few weeks later, after I was completely bald, I got the postcard from Locks of Love in the mail. I began to cry as I read the front, saying "You went to great lengths to help a child". I was miserable and so depressed for days. I kept thinking how cruelly ironic this all was. All I wanted was my hair back, and only a few weeks ago, I had cut it all off.
Since that time, I've started to move past who I was, and embrace who I am. It's not easy, but I realized this: I think my willingness to let go of my hair helped to prepare me to lose it. My hair donation is the same type of donation that allowed me to receive my own human hair wig at no cost. Somehow, the whole thing has taken on a "zen" quality. I'm more at peace with myself over it.
Now, I'm speaking up for hair donation!
I'm new to AT. In May, I went for a routine hair cut and color, but this was anything but... For years, I've wanted to donate to Locks of Love. I've always had long hair, and I've never had the guts to cut it short. I was bored, and my hair was long enough, so I figured, what the heck, I'll donate it. So I did, and I left feeling WONDERFUL! I loved the short cut, and I was getting compliments left and right.
Imagine my distress and pain when a few weeks later, I was washing my hair and getting HUGE clumps stuck in my fingers and in the shower drain. I was in tears and over the next 2 terrifying weeks, I saw my reflection change from the confident young woman with a GREAT hairstyle, to someone so ashamed of my looks I brushed my teeth with the lights off.
A few weeks later, after I was completely bald, I got the postcard from Locks of Love in the mail. I began to cry as I read the front, saying "You went to great lengths to help a child". I was miserable and so depressed for days. I kept thinking how cruelly ironic this all was. All I wanted was my hair back, and only a few weeks ago, I had cut it all off.
Since that time, I've started to move past who I was, and embrace who I am. It's not easy, but I realized this: I think my willingness to let go of my hair helped to prepare me to lose it. My hair donation is the same type of donation that allowed me to receive my own human hair wig at no cost. Somehow, the whole thing has taken on a "zen" quality. I'm more at peace with myself over it.
Now, I'm speaking up for hair donation!
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Comment by CSue on October 8, 2008 at 10:03pm
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Wow, ... I like your way of looking at it. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment by Reen on October 8, 2008 at 11:07pm
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Thanks! I was having a very zen day today!
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Comment by Georgie on October 8, 2008 at 11:41pm
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OMG! What a story! Life is so bizarre sometimes...
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Comment by Lisa on October 9, 2008 at 8:34am
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That story is so ridiculously cool because of the perception you have. Cheers to you!
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Comment by Debbi Fuller on October 9, 2008 at 7:36pm
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Hi Reen,
Kudos to you!! Maybe it was something that was meant to be - your sacrifice and then the hair loss that would have happened in any case, but now you are ready to deal with it! You are an inspiration. The child that got your hair is very lucky.
Debbi
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Comment by Tony on October 10, 2008 at 11:52am
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Chances are, it would have fallen out regardless. Ironic perhaps but what a wonderful gift you gave to someone.
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Tony, no doubt it would have come out regardless, but i still marvel at the irony.
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