What started as a joke turned into one of the most amazing gifts a mother could ever receive from her son.
Matt Shaha, from Arizona, spent nearly three years growing out his hair to make a wig for his mother, Melanie, who lost her hair after receiving radiation treatment.
“It’s a no-brainer,” Matt said. “She gave me the hair in the first place.”
Melanie had been battling a benign brain tumor for years. She had two surgeries in 2003 and 2006 to remove the tumor. But in 2017, when the tumor came back, she had to start radiation treatment.
“I asked my doctor, ‘Will I lose my hair?’ and they said ‘No,’” Melanie said.
But three months later, she did lose her hair.
“It’s hard when you don’t have hair. People can say things that hurt your feelings,” Melanie told Today. “I don’t mind being sick, but I mind looking sick. I’d rather blend in at the store.”
Not long after Melanie started losing her hair, her 27-year-old son Matt jokingly said he would grow out his hair and make a wig for her.
Even though Melanie thought it was a sweet offer but didn’t want to burden him, Matt was serious about it. He spent the next two and a half years growing his hair long enough to make a wig.
When Matt’s hair was long enough, he and a few coworkers went to his mom’s house to cut it off. Melanie said, “We were super pumped, and when they started cutting, we bawled.”
Matt even paid $2,000 to have the wig made. They found a wigmaker who hand-stitched the hair to make it lighter and more comfortable. Once the wig was delivered, Melanie had it cut and styled.
“Seeing her in it was the first time I had seen my mom look like that since she lost her hair, so it’s been about four years,” Matt said.
Melanie loved her new look and felt deeply touched by her son’s gift. “It sure fills your emotional cup,” she said.
Look at the joy on Melanie’s face! Even Matt is beaming with happiness. I love this for both of them and their family.
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A child weighing 7.2 kg was born in 1983. How is he still alive after 39 years?
The 1983 birth of the kid Kevin Robert Clark generated a lot of media attention throughout the nation. After all, the infant was 7.2 kg in weight! He was the largest infant in the country.
They had previous children who were equally gigantic, so Patricia Clark, Kevin’s mother, expected that the child would probably be enormous, but she did not expect such a shock.
When the child was taken home from the hospital, it was discovered that all of his clothes were too tiny for him and that he couldn’t fit in a conventional bed.
When Kevin was 12 years old, he was taller than 152 cm. “Given my rapid height increase, finding proper apparel and footwear was the most difficult. It was difficult since I needed clothing all the time, he recalls.
Because of his height, everyone coerced him into trying sports; they forced him to play basketball. Kevin, however, struggled with sports since he had little passion for the activity. He loved hunting and fishing, though.
After that, Kevin enlisted in the US Air Force, and he is currently a state police officer. He is presently 39 years old, 136 kg in weight, and over 2 meters tall. The man reveals that he doesn’t enjoy being in the spotlight since, literally when he was a baby, he was the subject of several jokes that were circulated in the media. Over time, the man becomes more and more upset by all the jokes and stories that are told about him. Therefore, we do not suggest…
However, Kevin’s life has generally progressed; he discovered his true love, got a puppy, and the guy is happy. When someone asks if I play basketball, I answer, “Do you play mini golf.” John claims.
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