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Because when life gives you lemons, put a wig on it.
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Vote for the wig that makes me look the silliest. Go on. I did.
When I found out in June that I have non Hodgkin's lymphoma, my oncologist warned me that I'd mourn the loss of my hair as so
many young people -- especially women -- do when they undergo chemotherapy. But I saw it as an opportunity to laugh in the face of cancer.
 After my husband, Pete, shaved my hair Fourth of July weekend
(first, in a Mohawk, of course), I created the Wacky Wig Contest, a chance for the folks nearest and dearest to me to embrace
the toughest time in my life -- and make me look absolutely ridiculous.
A wig a day keeps the doctor away.
Throughout my chemotherapy treatments, friends and family sent all sorts of wigs to my house, leaving me to clean up a whole lot of hairs that aren't even mine.
My sons, Chris, 8, and Nicholas, 10, had fun trying them all on. And I did, too, when my entire family came to my house to photograph me in each wig. The event,
set to music by my brother, Scott, was just the wacky event we needed after a summer of hospitals, PET scans, blood tests and chemo brain. (What was I saying? Oh yeah...).
 Now I'm sharing the wigs with you.
Check out the wide array of wacky wigs below and vote for your favorite.
You can vote for just one at a time, but you can vote every day, so drop by often -- and tell your friends. But hurry!
Contest ends September 17th -- the day of my last chemotherapy treatment.
Tell them what they've won!
The winning wigs will earn the lucky contestants cool prizes and bragging rights. And then we'll all laugh in the face of cancer together.
Thanks and have fun!
Jen Singer
Wacky Wig Contest in the news:
 Here's what Parent Dish
had to say about our Wacky Wig Contest.
We have winners!
Thank you for voting in MommaSaid's Wacky Wig Contest. We have winners. They are:
Third Prize
The Dancin' with Myself
Goes to Dee Wooley of Massachusetts. Dee is a college soccer buddy of mine. Maybe she picked such a tall wig to keep balls out of the goal. Always thinking like
a goalie.
Congratulations, Dee! You win:
 A copy of
The Department of Lost and Found a novel about love, work and cancer
by Allison Winn Scotch.
These fun goodies, courtesy of Livingston Communications:
The Walking Brain______ Pick Your Nose Cups____The Dumb Handyman's Tape Measure
  
 A copy of "The Incredible Peepers of Penelope Budd" by Marie Karns.
Second Prize
The Achy, Breaky Heart
Goes to Marybeth Hicks of Michigan and MommaSaid's "Bringing up Geeks" columnist. Marybeth says she likes to call me to "listen to your Jersey accent."
Maybe she just wanted to see what a Jersey Girl looks like in a mullet.
Congratulations, Marybeth! You win:
 A basket of goodies courtesy of Rachel Weingarten, author of Career and Corporate Cool™, the perfect handbook for the mom returning to work after a few months or years of accessorizing with baby spit-up,
diaper bags and dirt.
A Watt serving chip and dip dish by Kathy Kale, courtesy of Denison Ridge Antiques. (Thanks, Mom!)
First Prize:
The Heatmeiser -- "He's Too Much"
Goes to Scott Perkins of New Jersey and my big brother. He's spent 40 years trying to make me look stupid, and now, he is being rewarded for it by dozens and dozens
of Heatmeiser fans. They're like a cult, and you can't beat them. Or my brother and my niece, Erin, who took part in making me sing the Heatmeiser song for the photo. I believe there's
video as well, but I don't want to know.
Congratulations, Scott and Erin! You win:
A Logitech mm50 Portable speaker system for iPod courtesy of Victoria Pericon, editor of SavvyMommy.com.
Thanks to everyone who submitted wigs for our Wacky Wig Contest. Remember, when life gives you lemons, put a wig on it.
The polls are now closed.
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