Today I got to watch this incredible young lady shave her head to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation as part of the Worlds Greatest Shave. As she said at the start of the event, we all know someone who has been affected by cancer and she had decided that this was going to be how she played her heart to come up with a cure, after a friend of ours had recently been put into remission.
Leading up to today she has had the best attitude to the experience. Not nervous at all, 'It's only hair, it will grow back!' she said. For some people, their hair is everything and the thought of shaving it off is their worst nightmare. Not this one. She has done pretty much everything with her hair - short, long, coloured, uneven....so shaving it off is another tick in her checklist. And what better way to do it then raise close to $4000 for this amazing foundation.
After being Strawberry Blonde for the past 2-3 years, this time last week she got her hair bleached blonde. Her idea was to go from Dolly Parton to Kelly Slater, but in a spur of the moment decision, also added some green to the equation. As the clock ticked over 5pm her boyfriend chopped of her pony tail with a pair of scissors before pulling out the clippers to shave off the rest.
Looking bald and brilliant, I am so proud of this chick in her efforts to fight a disease that has affected so many people from all walks of life. I take my hat off to her...literally, her head will be very cold!
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