My mission for the day

[AlphaDummy]

...as it has been for the last several days, includes trying to convince my daughter that yes, she does look good in short hair as well as long.
Which is not easy to do when said daughter is fourteen years old.

This will be her third donation to Locks of Love. Not so long ago, she told me that she wanted to make five donations by her HS graduation (approximately; the local Relay for Life is held every year about this time). And she is very much on track to meet this goal.

I recall some misgivings a couple of years ago when she had her last haircut. Somehow, she survived.

But she was twelve back then. Much more drama this time around...go figure.

Maybe she is afraid she will end up looking like her Dad???

[gsabc]

Good for her! I'm sure she looks great either way. Even if she does look like Dad.

GW did this last month and surprised me with the short hair. She had told me she was going for a haircut, but past ones have been a couple of inches to even things out. She also looks great, but the difference took a bit of getting used to. The hair went from down to her waist to not even shoulder length, and she got highlights as well.

[MarleysGh0st]

This will be her third donation to Locks of Love. Not so long ago, she told me that she wanted to make five donations by her HS graduation (approximately; the local Relay for Life is held every year about this time). And she is very much on track to meet this goal.

This is wonderful, AD. How could she embrace a goal like this and then be worried about a triviality like how her hair looks after the donation?

[fantine33]

...as it has been for the last several days, includes trying to convince my daughter that yes, she does look good in short hair as well as long.
Which is not easy to do when said daughter is fourteen years old.

This will be her third donation to Locks of Love. Not so long ago, she told me that she wanted to make five donations by her HS graduation (approximately; the local Relay for Life is held every year about this time). And she is very much on track to meet this goal.

I recall some misgivings a couple of years ago when she had her last haircut. Somehow, she survived.

But she was twelve back then. Much more drama this time around...go figure.

Maybe she is afraid she will end up looking like her Dad???

I just got mine cut off weekend before last. I seem to recall my last time was around the time you wrote about her doing it, I can't believe it's been two years! No wonder my hair was ridiculously long this time.

I'd been putting it off because I listed that as one of my interesting things at my Jeopardy audition last year (yes, I was scraping the bottom of the barrel. It's sad when one of the most interesting things about yourself that you can come up with is that your hair grows so fast that you cut it off and give it away). But they're not going to call anyway and when you have to make sure your hair is out of the way before you sit down in the bathroom it's too long. Ha!

Tell her that the more she cuts it, the faster it will grow. It's true, your hair tries to replace the weight, so it speeds up!

[AlphaDummy]

How could she embrace a goal like this and then be worried about a triviality like how her hair looks after the donation?

Like I said...she's fourteen.

I could not figure fourteen-year-old girls out when I was that age myself...much less now.

[silvercamaro]

I'm proud of her, and I think she looks beautiful!

I don't have to see her new hair cut to say that. I know these things!

[gsabc]

How could she embrace a goal like this and then be worried about a triviality like how her hair looks after the donation?

Like I said...she's fourteen.

I could not figure fourteen-year-old girls out when I was that age myself...much less now.

And you never will. The same goes for the (mumblety)-year-old woman you married. It's all part of the mystery/conspiracy.

[kayrharris]

She's a very pretty girl and obviously has a caring heart to even consider doing this. Thank her for me.

[hermillion]

What a gracious, caring young lady you are raising. The tears will pass, the hair will grow, and when she's ready to do this at 16 it will be much easier on all of you.

[fantine33]

This is wonderful, AD. How could she embrace a goal like this and then be worried about a triviality like how her hair looks after the donation?

If there was ever any question remaining about your gender, this pretty much answered it for all time. Ha!

[a1mamacat]

How could she embrace a goal like this and then be worried about a triviality like how her hair looks after the donation?

Like I said...she's fourteen.

I could not figure fourteen-year-old girls out when I was that age myself...much less now.

'cough' I happen to know of a 14 year old boy, who thinks that short hair is hot, "cuz then you can kiss their ears and necks easier"


I dont condon it, I just report it LOL

[gsabc]

'cough' I happen to know of a 14 year old boy, who thinks that short hair is hot, "cuz then you can kiss their ears and necks easier"

I dont condon it, I just report it LOL

Darn, I wish I'd thought of that one when GW came home from her haircut! Good one. I may still use it anyway. Better late than never.

Teenagers of either sex aren't condoned, they're survived.

[geoffil]

Your daughter is doing a self less act at such a young age.
Her parents are raising her right.

No matter what the age, hair is always an issue for females. My daugher got her hair chemically straightened (like a reverse perm). She cried when it was over and cried all the way home even though it looked beautiful. That night when her friends saw her hair and thought it looked "awesome and cute" she said she loved it too. She denies she ever cried.

[AlphaDummy]

Well..."Mission Accomplished" (take that any way you want )...

The haircut - and the hair - came off without a hitch. My guess is that she was all drama'd out by the time the appointed hour arrived. There were maybe a dozen donors, all teenage girls as I saw it (I arrived just in the nick of time, maybe five minutes before my daughter had her turn). Each of the donors was introduced in turn along with a brief comment (they mentioned Jessica's goal of five donations). After the donation part of the cut the girls had to wait around to have their hair styled; Jess informed me that there were to be no pictures until the styling had been completed.

And yes, she does look good in short hair as well (this coming from a fan of long hair). But she looks, well, "more mature". I am guessing that my Second Amendment Moments will be coming sooner than I had thought.

Or maybe not. When I told her about Saucy's comment, all she could say was "eeeeeewwwwww". So there is still hope. And she very much appreciated all of your comments.

Finally, I would be amiss were I not to also give props to my son Tim, who walked much of the evening and through the overnight - some of it through some nasty downpours - as part of the MHS band's Relay for Life team. When the band realizes that you are captain of the cross-country team, there are certain expectations...

[kayrharris]

Kudos to Tim as well. You have a fine bunch of kiddos there.

[SportsFan68]

Well..."Mission Accomplished" (take that any way you want )...

The haircut - and the hair - came off without a hitch.

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Finally, I would be amiss were I not to also give props to my son Tim, who walked much of the evening and through the overnight - some of it through some nasty downpours - as part of the MHS band's Relay for Life team. When the band realizes that you are captain of the cross-country team, there are certain expectations...

Yay for ADKids!!!

I wish Locks of Love had been around when I got my beautiful mid-back hair chopped off when I was 29. It just wasn't fun anymore, and I'd always said I'd cut it when that happened. The stylist went from mid-back, to shoulder blade length, to shoulder length, giving me a chance to change my mind, but I didn't.

We didn't do as well as Tim's team -- our Relay teammates faded about 9:30 -- ! I lasted until 1:30, SteelersFan until 2:00, then we sorta lost Saturday after meeting an old friend for breakfast at 7:00. So my team wasn't on the track the whole time even though "cancer never sleeps." Next year I'm gonna find us another team where they commit to and actually follow through on the walking in shifts deal.

Congrats, AD. Carlin lost hope, but I haven't.