No More Bad Hair Days!

I have to say that this part of the chemo was the hardest - the loosing of the hair.   For days Kagan's hair began to shed but looked as if it might just be thinning.  Then one morning, the thinning became more like spotting and eventually large bald spots appeared.

Kagan has always had a sweet little "golden halo" (that is what my mother-in-law has called it since he was a wee little boy) in his hair.  For a boy, he had some of the thickest and most beautiful golden brown colored hair that I always loved.

Kagan has endured the chili bowl cuts that I LOVED when he was kid to big boy hair cuts in his post toddler years to his own styles in his pre-teen and teens.    Kagan decided in 5th grade that he wanted long hair and  become very attached to his hair.  I mean, he grew some pretty long hair that he later has asked us why we did not make him cut it.   We all tried to talk him into cutting his hair but he would not do it.  (Hind sight in 20/20) I am pretty sure that only once Mrs. Diane asked him how my daugthers were doing that he got the hint and cut it.

When we went home for Thanksgiving a few years ago his PaPa got a big kick out of his long hair.  Kagan was more than wiling to share his long hair to help his PaPa feel like he had hair for a day.  I love both of their smiles here!  I guess now PaPa can share some of his bald with Kagan.

We had planned to take Kagan to a local "Art of Shaving" store at the mall.  Yet, after the continued loss of hair he could not wait for the appointment.  He decided that he would much rather just ask his Dad to shave it for him.  This was a very precious moment to me.  To see my husband shaving my son's head was tender, it was sweet and it was something I will never forget for my entire life. I never loved either of them more than this moment. 

When Kagan is ready, I  (or hopefully he) will share the photos here.  I think for now, it is just a moment that we need to treasure a little longer for our family.

But, Kagan did allow me to do a "sneak peek" photo.   I really think that the look suits him very well. 

This was Kade and him today at lunch. 

Kenadee was giving us her Anglea Jolie lips today.  What a hoot!

 
So, we had a pretty big week.   Kagan got out of being confined to a mask.  We got to run a few errands and do a few things that we wanted to do together. We got to have a little fun and make a few memories along the way.  

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.  ~Anne Frank