A Haircut For Cancer.. Superhero Style

 

Youngest's hair was long.

Very long.

She loved her long hair.

What she didn't love was brushing her hair.

Due largely to her arch enemy.... known to locals simply as... Tangles.

We had only a few days before we were off for our summer vacation.

A vacation that involved a lot of camping.

A vacation that would provide fewer shower options.

A vacation with many opportunities for her nemesis to rear it's ugly head.

 

We had been struggling with tangles for awhile.

Youngest wanted to cut her hair just a little bit, and then not a little bit.

Tears were shed over the daily indecision, and also the tangles.

 

When we realized Youngest's hair had become very long.

We realized a haircut could be become a wonderful act of service.

An act of service which would help other children who did not have hair.
So we walked to the hairdressers where she could make a difference.

 

When Youngest realized her contribution would help children suffering from cancer,

it became an easy decision.

One day before our vacation began, Youngest became our hero.

She wore a black cape.

She was nervous, but brave.

The hairdresser cut off more than she had expected.

It didn't help matters that she whispered this to her mentor who stepped in to check the damage.

But after some collaborating between the two stylists a wonderful cut emerged.

We didn't recognize her.

Who was that girl in the window?

  

Thankfully she loved it.

Especially since it meant the end to her nemesis.

Tangles became a thing of the past.

And a life without tangles... we have discovereed... is  a very good life.

For everyone : )

After returning home from our vacation.

The hair was packaged and sent off to a hair restoration clinic.

A thank you note was sent a week later to let us know what would happen to the ponytail.

Youngest's hair was sent to their wig making factory in Europe,

where hers along with eight other donations would make a child without hair very happy.

Youngest is currently growing her long hair back.

We are hoping tangles will not become a part of her ever evolving look.

But if we do end up battling Tangles again?

We know there is always a way of defeating those nasty knots. 

It involves the simple donning of a black Superhero cape.

xoxo

PS: Just in case you happen to have your very own Superhero... here is a link to several Canadian donation addresses: Kids For Cancer Hair Donation