The Gift of Giving...Locks of Love

Grace did a wonderful thing this week...she was able to give the Gift of Giving, her hair...We have been in the talks about donating Grace's hair for awhile now, I think we started to think about it at the age of 3, but each time we talked about cutting Grace's hair to give to someone else, she didn't like that too well, she loved her hair, it was like her identity and she was too young to really comprehend how much it would mean to someone.  So, Matt and I waited until she was old enough to make her decision and fully understand the whole meaning before cutting her hair (she did have it cut one other time, but not enough for donation).  This year we really started to talk more about all of us girls growing our hair out enough to donate. We told her that after Grant and Amanda's wedding would be a great time to cut her hair and donate it to Locks of Love, which is an organization that provides hairpieces to children that finanically disadvantaged. You can read about Locks of Love here.

I am so proud of Grace for being brave and doing this for another child and for herself. Her hair has been her identity and everywhere she goes someone comments about how beautiful and LONG her hair is, so you see it took some courage for her to do this. Tuesday night I came and got her along with my mom and took her down to Amber Jo's Head To Toe to get her haircut by Amanda (Thank you Amanda). At first she was kinda reluctant, but soon got over her nerves and just went for it. I think it was harder for me then it was for her. She got her hair washed and combed. When Amanda put her hair in a ponytail to start measuring Grace asked "Will I look like a boy", we had to assure her that she would not look like a boy...After measuring, Amanda started to cut the ponytail off...Here are some pictures.

    Amanda starting to cut thru the pony tail                               There it goes...

11 Inches of Hair...Kinda looks like a rat tail...When Grace saw this she said "It looks like a snake came outta my head"...

The finished product...She really really likes it and it makes her look older...I told her we are going to have to fight the boys off and she just blushed and giggled...LOVE IT!!!! 

With Much Love...

Jess