Reflections 3/3/2020:: Well, if I’m going to be true to the reality of this journey through cancer, I guess that includes the hair hack. Busting out the baldness! The first of these pictures captures not just my insecurity about exposing my naked scalp, but is the exact same facial expression I had when they took my picture for the Homecoming Queen ballot in high school! (Remember Toni?) “How did this happen? Is this a joke? Please vote for the shy, insecure girl with weird hair!” My sister, Bonnie, a Homecoming Queen who radiated confidence in high school, and still does, gave me some advice. “It’s not just the expression, Lynette… it is a your underlying feelings about what makes you you! Hair or no hair is not the issue! You are treasured and loved… by God… and by us! Let that truth well up inside of you and change your feelings from the inside out!” You can see that Ed’s acceptance of my new look is already starting that “inside out” transformation! Thank you , Ed! God, I give You my insecurities and neediness…turn them into confidence and compassion! Confidence because You, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe love me! And compassion because I have been to hell, survived, and can empathetically join others in this same journey!