Locks of Love
Last week, 9 year old Maude had her hair cut off and donated to Locks of Love — a program that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss. When the stylist was finished and Maude stood up, she said, "I'm a whole new girl."
How great that we can reinvent ourselves with something as simple as a haircut. Or even some new lipgloss. And. How great to have kids at an age where they can consider the needs of others.
Labels: kids
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Tuesday, December 16, 2008
37 Comments:
Go Maude!
lovely christmas sentiment!
Love her new cut and the reason behind it!
How awesome! What a great gal! :)
Great for you, Maude!
Beautiful haircut, beautiful girl.
Three cheers to Maude!
Way to go, Maude! I have done it twice now and I think it is just the neatest form of helping others feel a little more comfortable with themself in a very uncomfortable time. I am so proud of you!
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so sweet. "im a whole new girl" SOOO cute!
Nice job Maude! I can't wait to do the same in the Spring :)
What a sweetheart! Love the new cut and I love even more why she did it.
Very cute Maude! She's getting so big! I donated some locks after my last pregnancy (before it all fell out postpartum). You're probably going to get a hilariously creepy thank-you postcard from Locks of Love. If you get it, you'll know what I'm talking about...
Just last Tuesday I did the same thing, cutting off 10 in for Locks of Love. It's a great feeling knowing that your giving of yourself literally for someone who needs it more than you do. It's even better when someone so young decides to make that decision, because it was a hard one for me to cut off hair that I have had for so long.
You so rock, Maude!
Yeah! I have done this several times myself and it is such an awesome experience. Plus, she looks great!
This warms my heart. Yr family is so good Gabs! xo
good for Maude! I need to be happier about my haircut!
You've got a seriously cool girl there. What a brave and thoughtful young woman.
how fantastic :) such a cute cut!
Maude is awesome and beautiful!
You must be so proud! Maude looks so grown up with her new 'do!
One of many things to love about Maude! She looks fabulous!
how fantastic. big congratulations, maude!!!
Maude's hair = super cute
Oh! That is the sweetest thing I've heard all day. What a great thing to do.
I love that we have kids that are willing to perform such selfless acts. I agree with Maude wholeheartedly; even though it was she who gave up her hair, she got something so much more meaningful out of the experience.
This was a day that changed my life:
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KIDS are AMAZING! My daughter is 5 and has been growing her hair out for a year with hopes to donate to Locks of Love. Great job Maude!! Let's hope that more of us show this kind of giving!!
My 11-yr-old daughter did that last year! I wasn't sure I wanted her to cut off all those gorgeous tresses, but she was determined to donate & had been growing it out for a while with that in mind. (She looked really cute with short hair, as does Maude!)
Love you, Maude!
Grandma in Almaty
Maude is a special little girl but you of course already know that. Maude, your new "do" is adorable and so are you!!
What an awesome thing...and what a cute cut! She looks just like you. ;)
Cute cut, and how sweet to share the hair with those in need.
Miss Maude is stunning inside and out!!!!!
I cannot believe how grown up Maude is! How cool.
Way to go, Maude! I donated my hair a few years ago too!
my six-year-old is growing out his hair to donate. they have such beautiful hearts at this age.
hooray for maude who IS a whole new girl for she has experienced the joy of the ultimate gift of giving. she will surely carry this memory for a lifetime.
my daughter and her friends did this together when they were going into 10th grade. (talk about drama ; )
i bought them all locks of love beanies and bracelets.
looks like they make a necklace now with 25% of the sale going to locks of love. check it out http://www.locksoflovenecklace.org/
Peep said:
I donated my hair for my 7th Birthday to help sick children
1/09
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