Hannah experienced some pretty big changes in her appearance in a short period of time. Hannah has been growing out her hair to donate 10 inches to Locks of Love. Her hair had gotten to the point that I was threatening to cut it off myself. I gave her the deadline of Halloween. Nana ended up cutting her hair a few weeks or so before Halloween. Around the same time she lost 4 teeth in a two week period. What a difference a few weeks makes. She looks too old to me now. I guess I shouldn’t have pushed for the haircut!
Hannah ever the private person didn’t like the attention she received for the haircut and didn’t volunteer to tell people why she cut off so much hair. When she started growing out her hair there was a picture in the newspaper of a little girl who had donated her hair. I showed it to Hannah and she was excited about it and kept the picture. After Hannah cut her hair I asked her if I could take her picture and turn it in to the newspaper. She agreed. The morning the paper arrived with her picture Craig took it to her when he woke her up. Her mood immediately turned sour and she made it clear that she didn’t want to go to school. Who knew that I would have a daughter that I had to teach to enjoy the spotlight once in awhile? We talked about how she should be proud of what she did, how she might inspire someone else to do the same thing, how it was good to be recognized for something good. I pointed out that she wasn’t in the paper because she robbed a bank! She has become proud of what she did and more willing to acknowledge her achievement. The picture in the paper was in color and she looked adorable (no I am not biased.)
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