Tangled

Our family LOVES this new Disney movie, Tangled.  If you haven't seen it yet, please promise me you will soon! This is our favorite scene from the movie - it only lasts a split second. I wonder how many people notice it. 

Anyway, one day Greg and I were sitting on the couch. The boys were doing their homework. I was almost asleep.  In my daze I realized that Greg was singing. Not any words - he doesn't talk much. But he was singing "aaah-aahh-ahhh" with no particular tune. And while he sang, he ran his fingers through my hair.  

I will never forget that moment.  I laughed and asked what he was doing.  He smiled sheepishly and gave me a hug.  I can't fault a boy for trying. Maybe his mom's hair IS magical!

And the next day I cut it. 

Nine inches!  I talked my mom into doing the honors. We were both nervous but she did a fabulous job.    Yesterday I sent my ponytail off in the mail, as a donation.  This is the third time I've donated my hair. The first two times I used Locks of Love, which is a children's charity.  I thought my donating days were over. I wasn't patient enough, even though my hair grows fast. It's been several years since I donated. But...

Last summer a good friend found out she had cancer. Debbie has been undergoing chemo and lost all her hair. When I visited her at home one day last Fall, she mentioned how she is obsessed with long hair now.  How could she not be?  I remember that my long hair had been driving me crazy that day and I was ready to cut it. (I normally love it, but some days...)  But after that visit, my outlook changed completely.  I decided that it wouldn't be much of a sacrifice to grow it out more and donate it again.  This time to a women's charity.  So that's what I did! I started growing it out and hoped it would be long enough by spring. It was!

I realize that my hair donation won't directly help my friend. But she inspired me and I hope my ponytail will help somebody out there who's going through the same thing.  Debbie's faith is amazing and she is a fighter. The worst of her treatments are over and she seems to be cancer free. And her hair is growing back.

Her hair is growing back!  

As far as I know, cutting my hair didn't make me lose any powers. In fact maybe I gained some!  (Like the ability to shower in half the time?) In the end it wasn't much of a sacrifice at all. It makes me wonder what other little things we can do each day that will have a big impact on other people's lives. 

What is your special power?