Hair, There and Everywhere

Today I attended the "Locks of Love" event held at The White Butterfly. People came to donate their hair to cancer victims. Many of these kids and adults had grown their hair long just to be able to donate it today. The event was suggested by a young man who lost his grandmother to lung cancer last year. What a wonderful way to memorialize Grandma.

I know so many people who have lost their hair to chemotherapy. It is so generous of people to cut off 10 inches of their hair to give to those who have lost theirs. Many of my friends who have had chemo treatments have told me that one of the hardest things about it was watching their hair fall out bit by bit. It made their illness all seem so scary.

Last week we participated in our first debate. All the candidates were there, and every one of us had a chance to introduce ourselves and then participate in a question and answer period. I personally do not like negative campaigning. I don't want to know who did what to whom. I want to talk about what I can do NOW. That is how I have always faced debates, and that is what I will do in the next ones.

We have many more events, debates, coffees and meetings coming up in the next few weeks. The schedule is hectic, and the pace is furious, but I will continue to give it my all. I am still hobbling, and I expect I will be for a while since I have a bone bruise on my knee. But I am a feisty little thing, and I'll fight it all the way.