Update On St. Baldrick’s

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Two and a half months ago I shaved my head for childhood Cancer and raised money for St. Baldrick’s. I raised over $1000 and I am still getting some donations trickling in. Sadly my name is no longer searchable on the St. Baldrick’s database because they are moving on with the 2014 shaves. Mental note, if I do this again apparently earlier in the year gives me more time to raise money.

But anyways, people on the internet often ask me how my hair is coming in and want to see it. And truth be told right now, I mostly HATE my hair. The back flips up a lot. Well, honestly all of it does. I can’t do anything at all with it and it just is driving me nuts. I keep thinking maybe I should go get a trim or something to clean it all up, but then I’m like it will never get long again. And I see pictures of me with more hair and I miss it.

But sometimes, sometimes I look at it and I think it’s not bad. I have been called sir though so I guess from behind I do look like a man. I can’t wait to get out of this stage with my hair though and to something where I can actually do something with it. But for now I guess I’ll have to enjoy the good days like Friday when I snapped this picture in the car while waiting for my middle daughter’s bus…

My husband says it doesn’t look like me though. I don’t think it’s because of my hair, I think it’s just the way the sun was hitting my face. Plus, I usually smile in pictures. I don’t think there are any pictures of me looking so stoic. But my hair doesn’t look half bad there.

Now that I have hair though people rarely make any sort of comments. And honestly everything I have gotten has been mostly positive over the last few months. Some ask, some just look, one person at the bus stop waited until the coldest day of the year to chat with me outside about why I shaved my head in the winter months. One person approached my husband at the grocery store to ask if I had Cancer.

But anyways, in spite of all of my current hair woes, I would absolutely do this again. The entire experience has been a humbling one. It has been eye opening and it has been scary. But it has all around been amazing. To have the people that I have had support me in this in the way they have has been amazing. And the most amazing thing of all if knowing that over $1000 is going to help some children survive Cancer. I might never know how much of an impact my fundraising has actually had, but I know it’s helping. And if nothing else people have learned a little something about why this is so important.