Locks of Self Love

Dear Locks of Love-

I like what you do.  But if I make a hair donation and I get cancer and I call you up, will you give me a hair piece for free?  No, you most certainly will not.  Of course not.  After all, a hairpiece costs a lot to produce.  Plus, according to your website, your charity only makes "hair prosthetics" for children.  Since I'm not a child, that's not really going to work for me.

So, I'm starting my own project called Locks of Self Love.  I will grow 10 inches of my own hair, secure it in a snug ponytail and chop it off.  Then I will place my 10 inch ponytail in a shoebox and save it for myself.  Just in case.  (Don't worry, your website also assures me that hair cut years ago is usable as long as it has been stored in a ponytail or braid.) 

Is Locks of Self Love over the top?  Possibly.  But according to cancer.org, females have a 38.08% chance of developing cancer during their lifetime.  That's a lot of cancer.  With Locks of Self Love, I'll have a 100% chance of being able to afford my own hair prosthetic.  And I think it would be empowering to wear a wig made of my own tresses, grown and harvested in healthier times. 

I know it probably sounds selfish to keep my own hair just in case.  But I promise to write your name and address on the top of my ponytail shoebox.  If I'm one of the luckier 62% of women who never get cancer, then I promise to drop my locks of self love in the mail to you.

Sincerely,

SEE