I’m so sorry to hear about your dad! You have all my best wishes.

You are welcome to call me any time if you want to talk, or just want to be on the phone with someone who understands wanting to be connected, but not having anything to say. I know there are so many times someone has offered to be there if I need to talk, but I have no idea what to say.. and it helps just knowing someone is there.

The hair in the picture was the longest it had been since 2004, I believe. It was really odd to have “long” hair and the pink/purple was a lot of fun to play with, but yes.. very different than when you last saw me (plus make-up ;) )

“the weird response that I regularly get is wondering if I have cancer/am in chemo.”

Makes sense — based on my experience of having a shaved hair, there have been people who assume the only reason my hair would be that short, is if I had something that would cause me to lose my hair, as opposed to a personal choice. As it has grown out it can become more of a “look” as opposed to people wondering if I’m having a personal, health disaster.

1) I wouldn’t have recognized you with the pink hair, you look so different from when I last saw you.

2) I went from my own pink/purple/cherry hair of the past several years back to bald recently, and the weird response that I regularly get is wondering if I have cancer/am in chemo.

I continue to send supportive and loving thoughts your way, and you’ve been in my thoughts a great deal as our family has been dealing with my father’s lung cancer diagnosis/surgery these past weeks.

There are no words that can make it better.

*hugs*