Locks of Love

The weekend after Christmas a friend in our ward was diagnosed with liver cancer.  It was pretty devastating that someone so close to us would have to go through such a trial.  He had to undergo intense chemo therapy, which caused him to lose his hair.  When this happened, the men in our Elders Quorum all shaved their heads in support of our friend.  They kept it quiet so they could surprise him at church.  It was such a neat experience to see the expression on his face when the guys, walked into the chapel for sacrament meeting, with his their heads shaved.  It took him a minute to catch on to what was happening, but when he realized he broke down and cried. 
Hailey was so fascinated as to what was going on.  I explained it to her and she had a million questions.  From, why did Brother Dunford lose his hair to why would the dads shave their heads?  She asked if children lost their hair when they had cancer and I explained that the medicine they have to take to get rid of the disease does cause them to lose their hair.  I also told her about Locks of Love.  A group that collects donated hair to make wigs for children that lose their hair.  The next day Hailey had made up her mind that she wanted to cut her hair to donate.  I told her she needed to think about it before she made the decision, but she was determined.  I even tried to talk her out of it, but she wanted to do it.  So that week, we went to the a hair salon and she had 10 inches cut off!  She was so excited that her hair was going to make someone very happy.  That definitely was a proud moment for me.