A few weeks ago Cheyenne, who is jus eight, and I were watching TV when she turned to me and said “Mom, I want to cut my hair, and can I give it to sick kids?”  I was a little surprised that it just popped out of her mouth.  The show we were watching didn’t have anything to do with sick kids or October being breast cancer awareness month. 

I told her of course she could, and that it was a very generous idea.  I asked her if she was absolutely sure she wanted to cut her hair.  She told me she was.  I was concerned because she’s never had short hair – not counting when she was just a baby.  I was afraid she’d get it cut and hate it.  I didn’t want to see her crying because she was sorry she cut it.

So I sent my sister-in-law, Hollie, a text asking if she could cut Chy’s hair and donate it for her.  Hollie is a cosmotolgist and I knew she would do an excellent job and that Cheyenne would feel comfortable with her.

The next week Hollie dropped by and we asked Cheyenne again if she was sure she wanted to chop it all off, again she said she did.  I asked Hollie if Chy had enough hair to donate.  Sure, it looked very long because she’s little, but I wasn’t sure if it was enough to donate.  Hollie said we’d need about eight inches of hair.  Luckily, Chy had that.

Hollie put her hair in the ponytail and whacked it off.  Now her hair was just above her shoulder.  We put the hair in a zip lock baggie while Cheyenne ran down the hallway to see her shorter hair.

When she came back I had Hollie style it a bit.  She shortened the back quite a bit and now Cheyenne has a little bob.  It’s so cute and made her look a little more grown up.  I was still afraid she was going to cry, but she never did.  She was all smiles and felt really good about giving her hair away.

Last week I took Cheyenne to the Civic Center while there were people setting up their tables for the Selah Chamber of Commerce “Escape to Tuscany” event.  There were a couple survivors there that I wanted to introduce Cheyenne to.  I thought it might make a big impact on her just how much more she gave away than just her hair.

Now she wants to keep her hair short.  I’m encouraging her to grow it back out and do it all over again.  My hair grows super fast and so does hers.  I’m glad she made such a generous donation and am extremely happy it didn’t cause her any heartache.  She is truly a giving little girl!

Also, I would like to throw out there that the “Escape to Tuscany” was a fantastic event this year.  It was nicely done and went for a great cause.  For those of you who missed it . . . keep it in mind for next year.  You won’t regret going!