Tony's Take
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact

Hairless Love

3/20/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Recently a friend from my family at Go Realty was diagnosed with Leukemia and was hospitalized for treatment.  Part of that treatment involved chemotherapy resulting in her losing her hair.  This is bad enough for a guy, but I cannot begin to imagine what this can do to a woman's self-image.

Some years ago, while I was incarcerated, a nephew was also diagnosed with this same disease and, hearing that he too had lost his hair, got together with a group of guys I knew 'inside' and we all had our heads shaved and got a group picture made.  Kathy told me later that the photo of all those 'convicts' with bald heads for him really lifted his spirits.  It was a simple thing to do, hair does grow back (albeit in my case it came back a bit thinner than before), so it wasn't that big of a deal.

This past week during the Go Durham's weekly Huddle, Karen (the Broker In Charge aka Den-Mother...think of someone herding cats) suggested we all get together and purchase some hats for our friend.  Simple thing to do and I was more than willing to help with this effort to help a friend, but me being me I felt that another gesture would be appropriate as well.  

I've been told that I have an ooogly head when it is not covered by hair, so I ask your indulgence while we all wait for my hair to grow back.  I will be wearing a hat almost all the time (it is amazing how much you can feel the air moving past your head when you just walk); may even try some plant food on my scalp to see if that speeds the process along.  Regardless, if it causes some smiles and laughter from my friend, then all the weird looks I'll get will be more than worth it.

Love you Christine!

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Photo Business

    Author

    Former submarine sailor, paramedic and nurse who journeys toward the horizon ever hopeful, though at times less sure, of reaching that far place.  

    Archives

    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    May 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    August 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013

    Categories

    All
    Anniversary
    Band Of Brothers
    Business
    Cancer
    Cats
    Cat Theology
    Christ Mas
    Christ-mas
    Civil Rights
    COVID-19
    Dr. Martin Luther King
    Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
    Faith
    Family
    Gethsemane
    Grace
    Harborreins
    Heroes
    Hope
    Life And Death
    Lynch Syndrome
    Military
    New Year
    Orphans
    Our Children's Place
    Overlooked Victim Of Crime
    Palm Sunday
    Peaceful Protest
    Photography
    Post Traumatic Stress
    Power Of Words
    Prejudice
    Prison
    Protest
    Racism
    Second Chances
    Struggle
    The Corrall
    Theology
    Time
    Triple Fork Creek
    Uncertaintly
    Unemployment
    Unsung Heroes
    USO NC
    USO-NC
    VAMC Durham
    Veteran Suicide
    Wetland Conservation
    Wonder
    Yoga Warrior

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly