People might wonder why I'm doing St. Baldrick's. I could easily raise money and donate it and keep my mermaid red hair and not shave it, but I've decided to do this, because when I was a little kid I'd cry and pitch the biggest fit when I had to get my hair cut (it's always been a form of security and femininity for me even in my childhood). One day my aunt was sitting there while I was crying about having to get my hair cut. She took me into the bathroom and took off her hat and showed me her bald head that was slowly growing back the hair she had lost from chemotherapy. She looked me in the face and told me, "It grows back." I realized then in that moment it's just hair. It doesn't define you or make you who you are. I can still remember how much I didn't want my hair simply trimmed, so I can only imagine being a little girl and having to not just lose all my hair, but also be extremely sick and not have a choice in the matter. So with that thought and my aunt's words I decided to participate in this event and raise money to help. Every three minutes a child is diagnosed world wide with cancer and funding for research is extremely underfunded. It isn't the same as funding for adult cancers. I've donated my hair to locks of love before, but always managed to keep my hair chin length and never any shorter. So on September 5th, I will shave to save and stand in solidarity with not just children who are bravely fighting cancer, but with my aunt who also bravely fought cancer and I will be holding her words even closer to my heart.