I never thought I would say these words; but here it goes, “I am going to SHAVE MY HEAD!” Why would someone do such a thing? Well here is my story: I am a mother of four beautiful girls and we all have long beautiful hair. As a matter of fact, my hair has been long all my life; it is a part of who I am. My 13 year old daughter, Koreena (you can read her story under “the kids”) has All (Leukemia) and is having a hard time with hair loss. This made me realize how much hair doesn’t matter. As much as I want to, I can’t take away her pain of missing her friends, or from the cancer, chemotherapy, radiation, or hair loss. If I could, I would do it all for her. Since taking her place is not an option, I am going to join her is the one place I can. I will shave off the hair that has always kept me warm, aloud me to change my style, and to help disguise how much weight I have gained over the years. Boy will I feel naked and exposed. I will be able to feel just a little of what she is going through. People will stare at me and wonder what is wrong and not just see me!!!! I will stand happily bald with my child and we will continue on in our journey against cancer. When I first thought of doing this she said, “N0! It is bad enough that I have to be bald, I don’t want to have to walk around with a bald mom!” Later she told me I shouldn’t do it because it was all I have left. What can I say; we are an honest family. She has changed her mind so here I am trying to raise money to make better medicines for the next generation. Maybe someday we will be able to kill just the bad cells and not all the good cells too. Sometimes it feels like we are almost killing her to save her. I want better options in the future!!!!! If losing the hair that my babies little hands once played with, will make things easier for even one child, then I will be doing this again. Even if you can’t donate try to come out to the event to see all the lives touched by cancer. Thank for reading my store, Shoanie