HEADS UP! I'm shaving mine for the SIXTH time!

Yep, it's almost that time once again!

I'm shaving my head (again) in solidarity with children who have cancer and typically lose their hair during treatment, while raising critical funds for childhood cancer research! In the US, more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease.

Like a lot of Americans, I'm still out of a job, still in job search mode. How will I explain to prospective employers why my head is shaved? Who is this crazy bald broad sitting in their office, looking to get hired? A woman with a bald head can be intimidating to some people, scary to others, but also a great conversation starter. My "chrome dome" may be a good way to give that employer a small peek inside who I am and what I believe and, also very honestly, if I tell him or her that I shaved my head for kids with cancer and he or she holds it against me, do I really want to work for him or her anyway?

There's a much, much bigger picture out there, so much bigger than me and what's going on in my life. As bad as it was losing my job and, now, being with health insurance, I can't imagine the horror of having both of those happen . . . and then being told that your child has cancer. THAT'S why I'm doing this: because somewhere out there, there's a very sick child and two shattered parents who desperately need a glimmer of hope.  "Fear holds you prisoner; hope sets you free", as they said in "The Shawshank Redemption." Without hope, we as individuals have nothing and we as human beings are doomed. 

My twisted fan club here has been so supportive of me and my bald head, and I couldn't wait to tell you all that I'm gonna do it again (in case there was any doubt.) If you want to follow my bald adventure, I'll be talking about it from time to time on my blog. Links to it, the St. Baldrick's website, my Twitter and my Facebook are in my siggy line.

Love, Bette

That is amazing!  You rock Bette!  And, you wear it well!!! 

 there was no doubt you'd do it again :) God bless, Bette, thank you for helping to raise awareness!

 Well, I suppose there is ALWAYS doubt, but I want to do it seven times so I can be made a "Knight of the Bald Table."

Good for you! God bless you and your job hunt! I would hire you...

Bette what an amazing woman you are. You are definitely someone that I look up to. This world needs more people like you and I personally think the people up there are crazy not to hire you. You would be a great asset to any company that employed you.

 You are just SOOO effing sexy with a bald head, not everyone can pull it off, but MAN you can! Not to mention how selfless and amazing what you are doing is! You rock Bette!

I'll be supporting you again cause you are one hot lady bald!