Laura had been growing her hair for months. Long enough to donate.
She cut it for Locks of Love — an organization that makes wigs from donated hair for children experiencing medical hair loss. She did it while Emmy was in treatment, a gesture that moved through her own body to reach someone else’s.
There is something particular about this kind of giving. It is physical and personal and slow — it takes time to grow something worth giving. You carry it with you until the moment you hand it over. Then it becomes someone else’s, and you walk away lighter in more than one sense.
Laura gave her hair so that a child going through treatment could have something real and beautiful to wear. That is the whole story, and it is enough.