My three year old grandson really wants to understand why his grandma doesn't have any hair, or more specifically why my hair doesn't grow. Keep in mind that he's only had about a week to wrap his mind around his grandma being completely bald. So today while watching him at my house he started in with wanting to know all about lobsters so we googled lobsters and we looked at photos, videos and information about lobsters and then it occurred to me....I could answer all his questions about my disease the same way.....the internet! We visited the NAAF website and of course AW and I showed him the photos of girls, boys, men and women. They were smiling, laughing, swimming, they were wearing crowns and hats and having fun. The hardest part was trying to explain to him how my body is confused and thinks that its actually helping me by getting rid of my hair...I won't bore you with the details of our conversation but you can be assured he is one well informed three year old!

I let him pick out what I would wear on my head when we went out and he was pretty excited about that. This disease can take my hair but it won't take my life, my love and my passion for living!

I don't usually wear make-up but my daughter (the same one that insisted I at least try on a few wigs) suggested that I try just a little, to maybe make me feel better....maybe it's to make her feel better, either way I indulged her and tomorrow I will go to work with just a little make-up on my face. Wish me luck!

Thanks for giving me a safe place to say what's on my mind and more importantly in my heart! Love and Peace.

Rose