Aug 23 2008
Why David Cook?
I had been waffling back and forth about cutting my hair and donating it to charity, like Pantene Beautiful Lengths. It is a good cause but I’m a girl who really loves her hair. Long and blond, I’ll admit it is my best quality- and possible the only one I like. In the last 15 years it hasn’t been shorter than shoulder length and the prospect of it scared me- 9 inches off would take it have way up my neck. Around the time of “Idol Gives Back,” my internal debate was heating up and my family was hit with cancer. In fact I heard about my aunt the same week as the news broke that Cook’s brother was suffering from brain cancer (the same kind as my aunt eerily.)
I felt helpless as I heard the bad odd she would face. “A few months, maybe a year,” Doctors had said. “One day she’ll just not wake up.” It was awful and all she kept saying was, “I don’t want to lose my hair.” I was baffled as I watched Idol, how could that be her biggest concern. Then Cook had “Give Back” written on his hand as if it was the answer. I had to give in.
It was nice having the knowledge that I wasn’t the only one out there in my situation. Though I don’t know Cook, and he doesn’t know me, we share that bond. This is why my love for him as a performer became so prominent.
By the time the finale rolled around and I settle in to watch Cook for the last time as an American Idol contestant, my Aunt has taken a turn for the better, Cook’s brother was in the audience-which I hoped meant his family has received the same kinds of miracles as mine- and I nervously played with my chin-length hair hoping that my donation has made someone smile the way David Cook makes me smile.
David Cook is a wonderful singer, but more than that an amazing human being and I started this blog so I could share him with others out there.
