June 2019 Journaling Challenge
- Description
- M3 May 2019: Define\Worthy\Identity
Make Art and Journal No. 3: Artists Miscellany by Rachel Jefferies
Journaling reads:
Here I am, the last photo of me with hair. Or at least the last photo of me with this hair. You see in a couple of weeks I was bald, totally bald. Two chemo treatments was all it took for me to lose my hair. I knew in advance that I was going to lose it but it still makes it hard when the time comes. I will forever be grateful to my hairdresser Shelby for what she did for me this day. I was booked in as her last client for the day, I mean last as in she shut down the shop to take care of me. I had undergone chemo treatment already and it was just a matter of time before my hair fell out. Shelby cut it shorter and styled it for me so I had a little bit to hold on to before we had to do the complete shave. We laughed and cried as she gently cut my hair (it was already coming out), the other girls in the shop stayed and were so supportive. I already had my wig and Shelby trimmed and styled that as well so I was ready. I left the salon feeling pretty and like I could take on the world, no one who ran into me that evening could know the battle I was facing and already fighting.
Fast forward 12 years and I will never forget the tears and laughter shared that evening. The kindness of others doing everything to make someone feel better in times of trouble.
