Locks of Love

Six months ago, Layla was talking to one of my friends about cutting her hair shorter.  My friend told Layla she should donate her hair to Locks of Love.  Layla was all in.  About 3 months later, she wasn't sure she could make it.  She had a lot of hair and it was hard for her to manage.  But, she had to grow it long enough that she could cut 10" off to donate and still have length left on her own head.  The waiting was miserable for her.

Then God gave her a little incentive...she saw a little girl at a basketball game who only had a few small tufts of hair left on her head.  I didn't see the little girl, but it changed Layla's perspective.

Layla later told me that whatever that little girl was going through was way harder than Layla having to wait to cut her hair. Then she asked me, "Mom, do you think I'll have enough hair to donate for the people to make the medicine that girl needs?"   Uhmmmmmmm......what?!?!?  Clearly I hadn't explained things very well.  Layla was under the impression that scientists took donated hair and made medicine that would cure people of cancer.  And, the only reason people are dying from cancer is because not enough of us were donating our hair. Oh, if only it were that easy!

Soooo, we got that all cleared up!  And today was hair cut day!  You've never seen a girl so excited to get a haircut.  The sacrifice for Layla was growing her hair for 6 months, not actually cutting it off.  She is ONE HAPPY GIRL!!!