The Southwest Voice

By: PATTY GUTIERREZ

     HI EVERYONE, THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT LOVE…..LOCKS OF LOVE! IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF IT THEN YOU NEED TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE ROCK YOUR LIVIN UNDER AND GET WITH THE MODERN TIMES, ITS AN ORGANIZATION IN WHICH PEOPLE DONATE THEIR HAIR 10 INCHES OR LONGER TO BE USED TO CREATE WIGS FOR CANCER PATIENTS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HAIR DUE TO CHEMOTHERAPY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DISEASE.

 

     RECENTLY MY 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER,JAZI GUTIERREZ, HAD HER FIRST MAJOR HAIR CUT …12 INCHES TO BE EXACT! SHE HAS ALWAYS HAD A 3-4  INCH TRIM AND THAT WAS NO BIG DEAL ,  BUT THIS ONE WAS A BIGGIE. WHEN JAZI CAME TO US AND ASKED IF SHE COULD GET HER HAIR CUT SHORT WE WERE LIKE “NO WAY!” SHE HAS ALWAYS HAD LONG BEAUTIFUL HAIR , EVEN WHEN SHE WAS BORN SHE CAME OUT WITH A FULL HEAD OF HAIR. . AS TIME WENT ON WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE OK TO LET HER GET HER  HAIR CUT , THE MAIN REASON WE LET HER WAS BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO DONATE HER HAIR , IN HONOR OF HER AUNT TRICIA VELASQUEZ , WHO HAS FOUGHT AND BEAT STATGE 3C BREAST CANCER DURING THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

 

     TRICIA IS A 32 YEAR YOUNG WOMEN WHO WENT THROUGH A LONG AND PAINFUL JOURNEY ,BATTLING BREAST CANCER,FORCING HER TO HAVE MANY ROUNDS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION, THEREFORE CAUSING HER TO LOSE ALL HER HAIR JAZI FELT BAD FOR HER TIA (AUNT) AND FELT LIKE SHE WAS DOING SOMETHING KIND FOR HER. SHE ALSO CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT SHE WAS HELPING NOT ONLY HER AUNT BUT A CHILD WHO IS IN NEED OF HAIR , JAZI SAID”I JUST WANT TO BLESS THEM WITH IT.” I AM SO VERY PROUD OF MY DAUGHTER AND HER KIND HEART. I LOVE HER SO MUCH.

 

     SO NOW THAT THE SUMMER DAYS ARE COMING UPON US AND THE TEMPATURE RISES , MAYBE SOME OF YOU WOULD CONSIDER GETTING A HAIRCUT AND DONATE IT TO “LOCKS OF LOVE “ THE PROCESS IS EASY ,FIND A SALON , TELL THEM YOUR GOING TO DONATE YOUR HAIR TO LOCKS OF LOVE SO THAT THEY CAN DO THE NECESSARY STEPS TO CUT AND PREPARE IT.( HAIR MUST BE AT LEAST 10 INCHES LONG IN ORDER TO DONATE. )