Bald and Beautiful

Just in case anyone hasn't already seen/heard, Mom bit the bullet yesterday and went to the barbershop and had a (very) nervous barber shave her head. She had been losing her hair for a few days and decided to take control of the situation and let her hair go. Her good friend had been over the night before talking to her about her own experiences with cancer, chemo and losing her hair and she felt empowered to go for it herself. She texted me the following photo with the caption "Ready or not . . . "

And then she followed that text message with the following picture and message: "Your momma rocks the baldy look . . . it is actually quite liberating!"

It took a moment to get used to, but tonight as she was laying back, legs kicked up in a recliner in her room, I realized that she didn't have a head covering and I didn't even think about the fact that my Mom is now bald. Funny how things change and you just adapt. My Mom is both bald and beautiful!

~Candice