The Shrum Family Adventures: Sara Ava Donated Her Hair

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Sara Ava Donated Her Hair

Sara Ava has been growing her hair out since I donated my hair last August. She had to have 8 inches to donate. We know some very special children adopted from Guatemala that have leukemia so Sara Ava wanted to give a child that needed black hair, her hair. She has been ready for months to get it cut and today was finally the day.

The before pictures....... You can see how long it had gotten.

Karen cutting Sara Ava's hair.....

She was so proud of her ponytail!

She loves her new hair cut! She tells everyone that now she looks like Mommy!

When we got home Lilee said Sara looks like Dora. I want to look like Dora too. So I took her in the bathroom and cut her hair myself. I have to get 3 kids hair cut this week , I can't afford 4.

So here is Lilee's hair cut. Tomorrow I will cut her bangs. She was so excited about her hair cut that she was too wiggly, I gave up on the bangs.

Lilee only had 4 inches to cut off so she did not have enough to donate. Her hair is sooo fine that there was hardly any hair compared to Sara Ava's.

Sara Ava was so excited for their daddy to get home to show him their hair. She said "Daddy is going to tell us we look so beautiful now. " I had to clue him in to make sure he did!

So what do you all think????

8 comments:

The SC Denneys said...: Beautiful girls.. you did a good job cutting hair. Maybe that should be a career, LOL.; July 2, 2009 at 6:36 PM
The Burleys said...: They are so cute! And I think it's precious they couldn't wait for their daddy to say they looked beautiful! Little girls and their daddies ... gotta love it!; July 2, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Anonymous said...: What an awesome thing to do!!! I LOVE their new hair cuts!; July 2, 2009 at 8:43 PM
jodi said...: so cute! both cuts look great!!! how sweet is sara ava that she thinks of others like that?!? what precious kiddos you have.; July 2, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Judi and Elaina said...: Mary Ann-your girls are just so sweet and I love their new hairstyles!!! They are so precious!!!; July 2, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Vanessa said...: I LOVE their new cuts!!! Donating hair is an awesome thing! The year after my grandfather died of cancer I donated 26" of hair SERIOUSLY!! I also donated it again last year when I cut 18" off! Now I can't seem to let it grow out!; July 3, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Nana said...: Girls, you look absolutely gorgeous.
Sara, I'm so proud of you for donating your hair and thinking about
other people. Maybe other people will
learn from you about doing good deeds.
Lilee, you look so cute in your picture with your "new do". I love it!
Love ya'll bunches,
Nana; July 3, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Mama Bear said...: What a wonderful and special little girl. I think your hair cutting skills are awesome (you should see mine) LOL
LOVE the new hair cut. Happy 4th; July 3, 2009 at 11:32 PM

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Verses that really spoke to me and helped me get through our adoptions.

(John 14:18) " I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you."

(Isaiah 43:5-6) "Do not be afraid, for I am with you,
I will bring your children from the west. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth."

(Proverbs 25:25) "As cold water is to a thirsty soul : so is good
news from a far country."

(Matthew 6:25-34) The do not worry chapter.
This is the chapter that told me we would adopt again and the
baby girl woud be named Lily (Lilee). "The lilies of the field".
This is a great reminder of why we should not worry, God will take care of his people!

(Psalms 82: 3-4) "Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Resue the weak and neady; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

(Psalms 68: 5) "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."

(Deuteronomy 10:18) " He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving them food and clothing."

(Philippians 4:13) "I can do all things through him who gives me strength."

(Philippians 4:6-7) " Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present
your request to God. And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

(Romans 8:28) " And we know that all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

(James 1:27) "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their destress, and to keep oneself from being polluted from by the world."