this one yellow flower field.

let me just start off by saying- modeling is awkward and i've never really enjoyed it.

but.

yesterday, one of my very dear friends and i had a "photoshoot". after he found out i had cancer, 

he offered to take pictures of me before my hair fell out, or before i cut it.

i have had just about every hair length imaginable.

i grew my hair really long my freshman year of highschool and then cut about 11 inches for Locks for Love.

and then i grew it out again and did the same thing my junior year.

so now, here we are. i have been "working" on growing my hair for a while now, and it has finally started to get long. 

but now, due to the circumstances, i am having to say goodbye to my long locks once more.

and what an excellent opportunity, i thought, for me to donate it. 

my ponytail is exactly 10 inches...which is the minimum length requirement for Locks for Love.

funny how things work out, huh? 

i knew from the start that my hair was going to fall out and i didn't really think much of it.

and here i sit. 

more and more of my hair is falling out each day, and it's definitely a reality check.

i know it will grow back.

but i would be lying if i said that i wasn't nervous about it.

expect some pictures of it sometime soon.

yesterday was absolutely the perfect day.

here are a few of my favorites from the day. 

thanks again, andrew. :]