Locks of Love

Carley has been growing her hair for 5 years now and about a year ago we told her that she could grow it to donate to little children that could not grow hair of their own. She has been really excited about this and would tell people what she was doing.It came time to get it cut because she said when it got down to her bottom that we could do it. It has been getting tangly in the night and really hard to comb if it is not braided so we decided that she should have it done.We went to the salon and she sat in the chair and she was very quiet. They measured the length (10 inches) and then...She looked at me very nervous and whispered, "I'm scared". I was so sad at that moment. I told her that she would be okay and it wouldn't hurt and that she could be helping another little girl just like her. She got a little smile on her face and then...the hair dresser just cut it off. No turning back now. Wow, it is really crazy how emotionally attached you can become to hair. She did really great and she was excited to see the lock of hair.It is so beautiful and such a pretty color.She is now about 2 lbs. lighter. They had to go a lot shorter than I thought because of the ponytail cut. It is really cute on her and she looks so old. Everyone says that she looks like her cousin Sami that is 8. She said that she does not look like Sami because Sami has "loosed teeth". I thought that was pretty funny that she remembered that about Sami. She walks around swooshing her head back and forth so she can feel the hair flip against her cheeks. She is my little sweetheart and I am so pleased that she decided that this is something that she wanted to do. She was so excited to show her friends at the gym and at church. They all commented that they "love it" and she gets a big smile on her face. Every once in a while she will walk into the room that I am in and say, "I love my hair" just to make sure that I have not forgotten.