For several months I’ve contemplated cutting my hair. It’s been kind of ridiculously long for a while now, and while I liked the way it looked right after I styled it, that never lasted very long. It easily became a tangled mess and loved to get into things like paint, food, car doors, loved ones faces…you get the gist. So I had decided that Wednesday was D-day. The plan was to cut 6″ off, but as I got to thinking about it, I knew that 10″ could be donated. What was another few inches?
Locks of Love won’t take bleached hair, but since I don’t color the bottom half of my hair I was able to donate that underneath portion. I know there will be times I’ll miss having really long hair, but I figured it would be much easier to get over that knowing I was giving it to someone else.
It just so happened that my friend, Justin, was in town and he was nice enough to drive out to the suburbs and snap a few shots. While I share my home with you weekly, it’s rare for me to give you a glimpse of these spaces with people in them. I think it makes a world of difference to really understand the scope and the scale of a space and what it’s filled with.
I may have lost a foot of hair this week, but I thought I had gained a kidney stone. It all
started Saturday morning when I awoke with intense pain in my left
back. When I say intense, I mean worse than drug-free labor intense.
The pain and uncomfortableness finally led to an urgent care visit on
Sunday, a doctor appointment on Monday and a CT scan on Tuesday. All of
which showed no sign of anything wrong. They think it may have been an
infection, and I’m starting to feel like myself again, so hopefully I’ll be back in the renovation saddle this weekend.
Well. I think your hair looks lovely AND I'm glad your kidneys are just fine! Beautiful photos of you!!
I think your hair is even more gorgeous than before and what a great thing to donate to Locks of Love! I am glad you are ok health wise. Robin @ designbyrobinsnest.blogspot.com
So glad it wasn't a stone!!
You look beautiful and healthy. Good luck healing! Hope you are back to your active-self soon.
Love the cut it looks fabulous but then again you could have a pixie cut and look fabulous too. You look good in anything. Glad you feel better
Your hair is still longer than mine! Love it and I'm sure you feel Fabby:)
i LOVE it!
Your hair looks amazing!
I had a similar maybe-its-a-kidney-stone issue. I was briefly hospitalized since I was pregnant at the time, but the doctor couldn't find anything at all. My mom ended up remembering she had some weird fever a month before where her back was KILLING her and we were guessing it was just the same thing.
I can't believe your hair is till that long after cutting 10" off! It looks so good. Also glad you don't have kidney stones, they seriously are worse than drug-free labor.
well hello gorgeous! i agree, i love seeing actual human beings in interior design spreads to understand the scale of everything. so sorry to hear about your urgent care visit, that is no fun. hope you rest up and feel better this weekend! -meg
Glad to hear you are feeling better! Phew! And you look amazing as always my super model friend 😉 xo
Looking good!!!Glad to hear you feelin good!!!
You are so stunning, Gwen!!!
Your hair is gorgeous!! Glad to hear that you're feeling better!
Glad to hear you are feeling better. Your hair looks great…I could not even tell you cut it.
Yikes! Kidney stones are harsh!
You are stunning and the images are just as gorgeous! Love the cut!
So glad youre well friend. Boy youre a looker:)
Glad that it didn't end up being a kidney stone!! Scary though.
Your hair has been one of the biggest inspirations to me in growing mine out – I love that you donated to locks for love. I donated mine once too. Either way, you look beautiful 🙂
Your hair looks beautiful! Glad to hear you are ok!