winning

one of the biggest of worries about eli losing his hair was how things would go down at school.  would the kids notice?  would the kids tease him?  would he be perceived as something he is not with such a extreme hair cut?  this morning eli told me that during music yesterday the teacher made the comment that he was going to have a hard time remembering everybody's name.  at that point a boy in his class said, "you are going to always remember eli's name, he has a awesome haircut!".  eli was stoked.  "they don't even know i have alopecia mom!"  this was a good thing for eli.  a very good thing.

he brought home a shield that he had been working on during language arts.  i loved his motto, "always try again".  what a great motto.  keep it up E!