Ten inches is a lot of hair. A lot of hair that I took for granted most of the time I had it. Throughout my life my hair has always been very long and I had always used it as somewhat of a security blanket. It made me feel confident and very feminine as I am sure it does for every woman. Everyone has their insecurities and mine has always been my nose and I felt like my hair helped with that.

I work at a grocery store and the other day a beautiful lady came in who had been battling cancer. I didn't speak to her about it but I noticed she had no hair and was wearing a hat. I was annoyed with my hair that day but I was humbled by the thought that consumed my brain; she would probably love to have a bad hair day with all the hair that I had. 10 inches is a lot of hair. A lot of hair that could have been given to someone like her.

We all know or have known someone that had to deal with cancer. I never actually let the fact that they usually can not grow their hair sink in. That is just another part of this ugly disease that they have to battle every day when they wake up. They don't get to have bad hair days or complain about their hair not being the way they want it. They don't get to use it as a security blanket like I did, they don't get to walk around feeling as feminine as they could be. While this may not be true for all cancer patients (or any woman that cannot grow hair) I am sure it is true for most.

I know that hair is something minor and maybe a little bit trivial looking at the bigger picture of what these women are going through, but I am sure they just want to feel normal when they go out or are feeling up to doing something fun or special. I got to help someone feel better so they could do those things, if they wanted. I know it is simple but that is just it. Simple acts of kindness can give someone hope when they need it most, especially if it is something has hideous as cancer.

My hair went to some little girl who now maybe doesn't get to feel less than just that: a beautiful little girl with beautiful locks. I hopefully took away one less thing for some precious girl to worry about and that to me is worth everything. What cutting my hair did for someone else is worth so much more than it could have ever done for me.