My darling wife is such a beautiful, giving person but I'm not so sure I could do what she is about to do today.  You see, she put her name down for the 'World's Greatest Shave' charity, which means all her hair will be coming off today.  To see how much hair this is, click on the external link and check out her profile on the charity's site.

She has been growing her hair since the early 90's.  She was single and had very short hair but couldn't figure out why boys wouldn't talk to her.  She found out most boys thought she was gay because of her haircut.  Assumptions really do make asses out of people, don't they?

This charity has significant importance to both of us  The money she raises goes to herlp families of those suffering from leukemia, lymphoma and myelnoma.  My mother suffered through lymphoma for a number of years and I know just how hard it was for her, even though she was able to afford the best treatment.  For those families who are struggling financially, something like this can break their spirits as well as their back accounts.

We also have close friends who are going through some troubling times at the moment.  Their six year old boy has leukemia and is currently undergoing treatment.  This means they've had to leave their two older children in the care of grandparents to travel interstate with their sick boy.  The family will be seperated for some time to come.

So I will be going home to a new woman tonight.  I'm not sure what to expect or how she will look but it won't matter to me.  Long haired, short haired or bald, she will always be the love of my life.