Now I know you must be sitting there scratching your head and trying to figure out how my growing a beard might connect to a baby. It is a fun story actually.
When I turned 29 this year, Stephanie (my beautiful wife) made me an awesome gift, "30 Things To Do Before 30." One of the items in there was to grow a beard. I have always wanted to see if I could, and she's always been opposed to it, so she finally gave in.
I started growing my beard on February 18 (Ash Wednesday) and planned on keeping it through Easter Sunday. Well...four weeks in I knew I hated it! I hated it, Steph hated it, no use in keeping it any longer. I mentioned to a friend how we both despised the beard and how I was going to shave it off.
Now as any good friend would do, he gave me $20 to keep it another week, just so he could watch me suffer. He wanted to see if I could get that "Grizzly Adams" look. I accepted because, hey, $20 is $20. When I told Stephanie about it she agreed that another week couldn't hurt and the $20 would go right into our adoption account (where every cent that doesn't keep the roof up or lights on goes now).
That night it dawned on us. If ONE friend enjoys our suffering, maybe more will too. So the challenge has been made.
For every day that someone donates ANYTHING to our GoFundMe, I won't shave. It's as simple as that. I will just have to keep myself business presentable, otherwise we'll be asking for donations because I'm out of work.
Additionally, as with any donation, we'd still love for you to send your family photo so we can add it to the collage we're making for Little Laskey, showing him/her how many people loved them from the start and helped make us a family.
So if you have a few extra bucks and want to see me look like a fool, or if you just want to see me act like a fool when I finally get to hold my baby please consider donating.
~Brian
