Making the Cut

Well today was the day.  For the fourth time I got my hair cut - when I say cut, I really mean cut!  During high school I decided that I wanted to grow my hair out for Locks of Love.  I successfully grew my hair 12 inches and then cut it super short.  Since then I've done it 2 other times.  Today made the fourth time that I have donated my hair.  This time instead of Locks of Love I am donating to Pantene Beautiful Lengths.  You can read about it here I made the switch because for Beautiful Lengths your hair doesn't have to be as long.  As much as I loved my long hair it was starting to drive me crazy and not all of my layers were 10 inches, which is the requirement for Locks of Love.  I wasn't sure that I could wait until it was all the right length.  The minimum for Beautiful Lengths is only 8 inches so I went with them.  Both are an amazing cause and are worthy of donations.  Here is a line from the Beautiful Lengths website that kind of made me want to cry (because I'm not emotional or anything...ha!) "To us, it’s hair, but to women with cancer, it’s hope."

Here is a picture of me and my hair before I put it in the envelope to mail it off.  It looks short in the picture but the longest layers were 10 inches with most of it being just a little over 8 inches.  It will take me a while to get used to having short hair again but I'm so happy that I did it.  I just hope that I can make it look ok tomorrow morning...

I know this post wasn't about crafting or sewing but it's something that's important to me.  Thanks for reading, the crafty post will be back soon.  ;-)