MY 14-YEAR-OLD SON GREW OUT HIS HAIR TO MAKE A WIG FOR HIS CLASSMATE WITH CANCER. THE NEXT DAY HER FATHER SUMMONED ME TO THE SCHOOL AND SAID, “YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR SON HAS DONE, DO YOU?” THE WIG WASN’T THE SECRET. WHAT ETHAN HAD DONE BEHIND MY BACK WAS SO MUCH BIGGER — AND NOW IT WAS IN MY HANDS.
My 14-year-old son grew out his hair to make a wig for his classmate who lost hers because of cancer.
The next day, I was called to the school, where her father was waiting for me and said, “You have no idea what your son has done, do you?”
I thought I knew everything my son had done for Lily.
I was wrong.
The wig was only the part I could see.
Chapter 1: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Cut His Hair
My son Ethan and Lily had been best friends since elementary school. Even as teenagers, they were inseparable.
