About a year ago, Maya heard about Locks of Love. A non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the US who suffer from long-term hair loss. We don't know how or where she heard of this organization but for awhile now, Maya has been saying she wanted to grow out her hair to donate it to Locks of Love.
Both Linda and I agreed it was time to cut her hair. It was becoming a distraction for her and a management problem for us. She would get so many tangles in her hair and I would spend so much time at night and in the mornings trying to get her hair untangled. Plus, she has always taken out whatever hair accessory we used and played with it during class and usually end up losing it.
So, this past week we took her to get her hair cut short.
It was a fun experience. Maya did great and didn't even get worried about cutting her hair short.
There just happened to be another couple there waiting for their teen-aged daughter to get her hair styled who overheard we were going to donate Maya's hair to Locks of Love. They said their daughter also has donated her hair to Locks of Love when she was younger. I didn't realized it was such a popular thing to do. But it sounds like a good cause and something that Maya has been looking forward to doing. This couple did give us great advice...keep the cut hair out of a bag for several days to make sure it is completely dry, so it won't get moldy.
I really like how her hair turned out...I think Linda does too and Maya says she loves it. It's funny but it seems like she even has a slightly different personality...a bit more playful than her already very playful person. Maybe it's just me.
Because we didn't get her bangs cut short (I was the one that didn't want short bangs), I've noticed her hair still does get a bit in her face if she doesn't tuck the hair behind her ears. But this doesn't seem to bother her. If it really does become a problem, we might have to trim back some of her hair...layer it around her face or cut shorter bangs. But for now I really like it. It just seems like she is growing up so fast.
