A Family Affair

In July, I wrote a story about my daughter Lauren donating her hair to "Beautiful Lengths." (Check out "Putting Our Heads Together" July 29, 2008.) In the story I credited Hannah, my niece with giving us the idea to make the donation.  Recently I asked Hannah to write to my blog and share her story--and here is Hannah's wonderful story.  

(And --thanks Hannah for the compliment on the website.  I will pass the kind words on to your cousin Jessica--the Chemossentials Webmaster.  It really is a family affair.)

  

I wanted to donate my hair because I had a lot of thick red hair and I wanted to give it to a charity so that someone else could enjoy my hair who needed it.  

After I donated my hair I was really happy that I gave it to charity.   It felt like I gave someone something they had wanted for almost their entire life.  

During the process I felt squirmy because I could barely remember the last time my hair was that short. I knew that I would not feel so hot in the summer and someone else would have something they had wanted really bad, like Christmas all over again.

After I donated my hair my friends thought really hard about if they wanted to do it too or not.  I told them about how I felt and if they did it they would feel the same way.  4 of my friends thought it was a great idea so they did it too.

Hannah

P.S. I also really like your website.  I like how you made it.