I'm shaving my head to raise money for childhood cancer research! For me this takes courage and much faith! I am hearing impaired and ever since I wore hearing aids, I have insisted that my hair cover my hearing aids. I have thought that if people could see them, people might laugh at me, dismiss me, not want to be friends, ignore me, and thought a myriad of other fears of put-downs..... Why I feel this way: I had been bullied as a young girl for my hearing impairment, speech impediment,big nose, and other things. I had internalized too much of this. As a result I became fearful of people and have wanted to put up a front and hide my challenges to the greatest extent possible. My "rationale" has been then I would not worry so much that people would put me down or not like me because of my challenges. So the shave will be a shave of those fears and worries too! It will be very freeing!  It is about having more faith and trust in people and in myself. I also shave for all special education children, bullied children, and children suffering in any way with something that shames them or has them feeling inadequate: that it may be easier for them than it was for me.... Thank you for reading and for your considering this great cause of conquering cancer for children! Anne-Marie