She's like a 'soul sister' to me. She and I can spend months at a time of barely having the time to talk or see one another but when we finally get together, it's perfect.
I get her and she gets me. Our energies just jive on the same frequency.
When I arrived at her home and walked in she was walking toward me.
I noticed it immediately.
Her hair.
Completely gone.
As in, bald.
A face not distracted by the vanity of her hair. Only the tribal styled silver dangly earrings she wore contrasted her beautiful face.
She rid of her hair as an act of solidarity for a friend.
A friend who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
They shaved their scalps together.
Selfless is my friend. My sister. Fearless.
Our hair is our adornment to the world but our soul and how we distribute it to others is a testament to our selflessness.
So simple yet so powerful.
I admire this honor. I admire the ridding of vanity. I admire the solidarity of holding another's momentary pain. I honor beating souls that rest in our hearts when we cannot utter one word.
Cancer is not a pretty disease but if having no hair is beautiful then so be it...so be it...beauty from within is what is breathtakingly stunning.
Today I honor all of the beautiful women and mothers that have shown their love to those with cancer through their selfless nature.
I honor YOU.
1 comment:
What an amazing act of courage an show of solidarity on the part of your friend. She is obviously an amazing woman, as is I'm sure, the lady in whose honor she cut her hair.
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