October 20, 2014
Around two weeks after Anissa’s surgery she felt well enough one morning to join me in taking the kids to school. It was nice having her ride with me again and equally nice to have someone in the front seat who doesn’t feel the need to select a new radio station every 15 seconds because Ariana Grande or Meghan Trainor is not currently playing.
We walked the kids onto campus and Anissa was greeted by an overwhelming number of smiling and caring faces all wanting to speak with her and see how she was doing. After seeing the kids off to class, I asked if I could buy Anissa breakfast. We made our way over to a new place in Studio city, Joans on 3rd, at the recommendation of her brother, Rob. It was a relief to be out in the world and this time no where near a hospital or medical building.
Anissa and I sat over breakfast googling “celebrities with short haircuts.” Initial image searches returned your standard and expected results of Michelle Williams, Miley Cyrus and Cherlize Theron. What’s with the blondes? I found one of Rachel MacAdams that seemed to be a viable look and Anissa agreed it could provide some inspiration for her.
In the 17 years I’ve known Anissa and over the course of her life (with the exception of that one time time in during her grammar school years) Anissa has never had her hair cut above her shoulders. Since chemotherapy was imminent and Anissa currently had a limited range of motion and it was going to grow even more limited after her upcoming axillary lymph node dissection, she began to consider a shorter hair style to get through a few weeks prior to Chemo’s effects kicking in. Anissa said that ease of maintenance was the largest determining factor, but I think she didn’t like the way I braided it.
As you will see, Anissa decided to cut it off and in the process donate about 11 inches of her hair to charity. Ironically, she donated it to a charity that provides human hair wigs for cancer patients.
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