So, today's blog post is about one of the most beautiful yet emotional experiences of my life!! But, I will start from the beginning. :))
When I was about eleven or twelve my Dad, brother and I moved in with my Grandmother (Nannie) and we ended up living there for four years. Over this period of time, Nannie became my best friend but towards the end of two thousand and eleven she got really sick with Cancer and passed away early two thousand and twelve. That was when I decided that I would do what New Zealanders call 'Shave For A Cure' and shave all my hair off to raise money for Cancer.
On the sixth of March two thousand and thirteen, I shaved all my hair off. The class before lunch time a few of my friends and I went to the hall to set up. My three friends: Lucy, Holly and Philippa were the ones who helped me. Something that I found so very beautiful was that they were three of my best friends who are not even in the same friends group and before that day that hadn't even talked to each other but they still all teamed up and helped me set up and helped calmed down my Mum who was practically having a panic attack hehe.
The amount of people that came to my head shave is still so surreal to me, wow. People from different year groups, social groups and even a few of my friends who had left school came back in just to support me. It was such a strange feeling the ten or so minutes before my head shave as everyone was piling into the hall. As I saw everyone I knew I couldn't change my mind now! Weirdly enough, I wasn't even nervous! I can't say that my head shave went one hundred percent smoothly though! After the hair dresser had cut all my ponytails off (she was shaving the rest of my head next) the shaver decided not to work. So everyone was running around like mad things trying to figure out what the problem was while I was sitting in chair incapable of doing anything while Lucy got a hair clip stuck in her hair in front of over one hundred people (typical). After we got the shaver working, and we shaved the remaining hair off my head I instantly felt colder and way more naked! But people were hugging me and telling me how proud they were of me, people I didn't even know! I even had one stranger at my head shave give me twenty dollars and also some lady when I went shopping the next day working in a shop took twenty out of the till and gave it to me!
I am so proud of myself for what I did and I raised over five hundred dollars and when I sold my hair to a company that makes wigs for people with Cancer and other hair-loss releated diseases I got seventy-seven dollars, so all in all a good result! Haha thanks for reading xx If you have any questions please don't feel shy. "Be the change you want to see in this world" - Gandhi.
Holly and Philippa collecting donations at the door!
My supporters. :')
Off it goes!!
Thanks for reading, stay golden!! xxx
