10 Inches

For the past 2 plus years I've been growing my hair out. First it started as laziness/lack of money to keep up with coloring & cutting it then it turned into a goal. I wanted to grow my hair out so I could donate it to Locks of Love. So that's exactly what I did.

My hair had reached the longest it's ever been (unless you count when I was in first grade). My looooong hair had survived ponytail after ponytail of 2 HOT southern summers. It also became lush pregnancy hair that some how hung on during post pregnancy hair loss & being pulled out by baby hands (good thing my hair is crazy thick). I was heading into summer number 3 when I finally said enough is enough. My hair had reached the length & it was now time to fulfill my goal.

Becky & Me. Look at those long braids!

 This past weekend Tiffany, my SIL, did the deed. She put my long hair in a ponytail & after a few snips of her scissors it was gone. GONE. I can't lie-it was bittersweet. All the hair I had been through so much with was gone. 

Time to CHOP!

Tiff working through that THICK hair.

Feeling a million times lighter!

I'm enjoying my shorter hair more & more each day. It's funny because the majority of my life I have had shorter hair so it wasn't much of a shock to see it that way again. I feel like I look so different though. It's a fun change. I'm sure I will let it grow out again. I haven't set another goal of donating it but only time will tell. I'm grateful to be able to do this little bit of sacrifice & service to help someone in need. I hope my hair finds a happy home. :)

Special thanks to Tiffany for cutting my hair & to Kyle for putting up with my long hair for what seemed like forever. (He's partial to shorter hair but informed me a few days before the big CHOP that he had grown fond of my long hair-go figure)