So for years i dealt with my own hair loss - no big deal.

It went like this:

When I was 24 my hair came out in little round circles that my mom who is a hairdresser discovered - no big deal.

Over the next couple of years the circles would come and go - no big deal.

Then my eyelashes and eyebrows fell out - okay, still no big deal, I think.

Then all of the hair around my hairline fell out - the dermatologist told me this was called "ophiasis"-type of hairloss.

I was not really concerned with my hairloss for myself. Others felt a bit uncomfortable around me, which made me feel a bit uncomfortable - Get over it, I thought - to them and myself. My boyfriend; however, didn't care at all. He wasn't concerned with my hairloss at all either - what a great guy.

When I was 28 we got married, most of my hair had come back by that time - at least I looked nice for my wedding pics - Thanks Goodness! :)

We got pregnant right away and had our first child - a daughter, Jenna. It was a very traumatic birth experience.

When Jenna was about 8 months old I began to lose all of my hair, rapidly. I got my first wig. I wore my wigs when I went out and sometimes at home. I quickly figured out that I was wearing wigs for other people - others felt uncomfortable around me when I didn't have my hair on. I used to have fun with it too...one Hallowe'en my daughter and I changed hair, for fun. She wore my wig and I answered the door bald - the poor trick-or-treaters didn't know what to make of the little baby with long blonde hair. LOL :) Did I mention that I was pregnant with our second child by this time?

While pregnant with our second child, Colton, I began to grow my hair back. My hair started to come back in the strangest way. When I gave birth I actually had a mowhawk...it was the ugliest thing you've ever seen. The hair grew back evenly in a downward fashion. It was actually a hairstyle after about 6 months.

I'm now in my mid-30s and have about 95% of my hair. None of this has ever been a big deal for me, until now:

Now my daughter is starting to lose her hair and I'm turning into a mess...(inside, not outwardly so she doesn't see it) I'm not really concerned about her losing her hair, I'm a bit concerned about how kids in her school will treat her. I don't know if she'll be strong enough to deal with it. I'm hoping that she'll be as strong as I am/was. I hope that I've taught her everything she needs to know about being confident in her own skin and 'rocking her innerself, hair or no hair'. Afterall, hair is just an accessory in life. My son also has a small patch missing on the top of his head, right in the middle of his mowhawk - he's interested in it, but not concerned.

To be continued...