H, you cried when I dropped you off at school today.

See, you put three hair bands in your pony tail instead of one this morning.

The result was your ponytail was stiff and had a little bit of a bounce to it.

Of course some boy in your class pointed it out to everyone as soon as we arrived.

You ran to me and cried.

K and I loved and hugged you for a minute there in the hallway.

I told you that you could take some of the extra ties out of your hair if you wanted – or you could just not care about what anyone thought and enjoy your day.

Your teacher stepped in about that time too.

And guess what?

You chose to leave your hair as is.

I am so proud of you.

I love you.

-Dad