Locks of Love

Back in the summer - I talked to Elyse about getting her hair cut and donating it to Locks of Love. I had several reasons why I thought this would be a good idea. It took a long time to comb her hair and it was usually accompanied by whining and crying. Also - everywhere we went people would always say "She has the most beautiful hair!". So why not give another little girl the chance to have such beautiful hair -right?! After reading in the paper about a little girl who donated her hair to Locks of Love - I looked on-line to find out the requirements for donating. I also asked the gal who normally cuts Elyse's hair if she had ever cut someones hair for Locks of Love and she said yes and that Elyse would get a free haircut for donating! So - I talked to Elyse more about it - showed her pictures on the Locks of Love website of kids who needed wigs etc. Elyse loves her curls and she was worried that she wouldn't have any curls if she got her hair cut. I assured her that her hair would still be curly - it would just be shorter. We talked about the reasons why some kids don't have hair and what a wig was etc. Elyse asked if once the kids got a wig if that made them all better - oh if only it were that easy! I told her that it wouldn't make them better but it would make them feel better inside. So - Elyse said she was ok with getting her haircut. I decided to wait until after Halloween (since she was Sleeping Beauty for Halloween - I figured she needed to have long hair!). Friday was the big day. Here is the before picture - look at those long beautiful curls!!!

Miss Robin (our hairstylist, yes her name is Robin) - put Elyse's hair into 2 pigtails. When you donate, your hair has to be 10 inches and it has to be in ponytails or braids when it is cut.

Elyse holds one of the pigtails while Miss Robin cuts the other one.

2 pigtails for some other special little girl!

Miss Robin wet down Elyse's hair to get it to curl more after she got it cut. Here is Elyse under the dryer with the magazine she picked out to "read" - good thing she can't actually read!!

Looking through the magazine.

The new look - she looks so cute!!! She is so proud of her new haircut!!!

The last reason why I decided to have Elyse donate her hair to Locks of Love is in honor of my Aunt Mary. She was diagnosed with breast cancer this past summer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Aunt Mary - this Locks of Love donation is dedicated to you - We love you very much!!!