Monica Mirpuri shares her inspiration...
On 19 May I will be one step closer to understanding how a courageous group of children felt when they had to have their heads shaved. I will be participating as a "shavee" together with the 19 other very brave women. To shave my head voluntarily was no easy decision. I thought long and hard about it. There were inane concerns, like what would strangers think when they see me on a bus or having lunch. Then, I had a moment of epiphany.
What about the children? What choice did they have? How did they feel?
It was then I truly realized how brave they must have been at the very moment they started to lose their hair. And how brave they have been ever since.
With this thought and the encouragement of my close friends and family, whom I am sincerely grateful to, I made the decision to put myself on the panel. I will have my head shaved, and will proudly show it to the world.
I feel this is my way of connecting with the children, bringing me closer to them, and them closer to me, like a family. And we are indeed one big family.
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