Pyrene's Hair Donation

No news is good news and as our last post was around 10 months ago, all must be well and all is well. I am sure that Saskia will write something herself soon, but I just wanted to update you on something her amazing little sister Pyrene did.

Pyrene is 9 years young and had hair like Rapunzel! She loved her long hair and it was her distinct feature. Her hair was the longest in our house, in her class, of her school and most likely of our general neighborhood as well.

Her hair was amazing and as you can see from this photo, it was very artistic as well. As grandparents, parents, brothers and sister, we could not ever imagine Pyrene without her long hair.

But then one morning several months ago, she said that she wanted to donate her hair to the kids who lost it due to cancer treatment. Saskia without hair had made such a lasting impression on her and she thought now was the time to cut it off and give it to the kids who need it most.
We though it was just a passing phase, but Pyrene was very determined and insisted for a very long time that her hair should be cut off.

So we researched the various hair donation options and finally choose "Variety, the Children's Charity" organisation to donate her long locks.
Obviously we choose "Chilli Hairsalon" (remember the one owned by Krista who also organised Saskia's fundraiser several years ago) to take the honors of using the scissors.

Last Saturday 17 December 2016 was the big day. The appointment was at 9am and we were all very excited, especially Pyrene. The next couple of photo's will speak for themselves as I cannot find the right words to describe it. It is obvious that we are very very proud of her and I am sure there will be a very lucky child wearing a wig from Pyrene's hair.