Wig Shopping

My daughter and her kids moved up to Hanford to help take care of me and the house.  The first Monday that they were here we went wig shopping.  We started at a little place in a strip mall.  There were creepy mannequin heads everywhere and lots of ugly hair.  The owner of the shop ended up helping me try on quite a few wigs.  We found one we liked okay, but decided to keep an appointment we had at another shop.  Thank goodness we did.  It turned out to be a really classy private studio with the most wonderfully kind lady.  It was such a better experience!  She was so caring and welcoming.  She gave us so much helpful information.  My grandkids were welcomed and the mannequins weren’t creepy.  So many of the wigs looked really great on me.  It was hard to narrow it down.  But we did and we purchased a really cute medium length wig & a long one too.  It was a really fun day, tiring (we were at it for 4 ½ hours), but fun.  It was nice to do it before my first chemo appointment.  Ben (my 4 year old grandson), about halfway through our visit, spotted a hot pink short wig on top of a really tall cabinet, and he kept quietly and insistently pulling on my daughter's arm.  Finally she asked him what he wanted.  He really wanted Grandma to try on the hot pink wig and he wouldn’t let up until we agreed.  Before we left, I tried it on and the grin and joy on Ben’s face was precious.  We all cracked up and especially enjoyed those moments.  We couldn’t convince the boys to try it on, which is just fine.  My daughter tried on a fun pink tinsel wig.  It was great!  We'll see how I feel after the chemotherapy.  These next two weeks will let us know how I react to the treatment.  Keep the prayers coming!  Pray for peaceful hearts here. Pray that the Lord sustains, comforts, and holds me up through the chemotherapy.  Pray that my cancer shrinks & shrinks, & shrinks.  The Lord told my daughter that the cancer will shrink each time we pray together, so I'm standing on that.  Pray that the Lord sustains my daughter, her husband (who is only able to visit on weekends), and their two boys through this time of being apart and outside of their normal day to day living & friendships. Blessings on you all.