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She cried with gratitude at having the opportunity to share her hair with those who need it.

When her mother, Linda Mckinnie Blake, asked why, 7-year-old Annalee said she had tears of joy.

Blake said they'll be sending little Annalee's hair off to Wigs for Kids tomorrow.

"On Saturday, Annalee got so emotional about donating her hair to cancer patients that she was crying," Linda initially wrote to KIRO. "Not because she was sad but because she was overwhelmed with excitement that it brought her to tears. In that very moment my daughter had more compassion for somebody she doesn't even know than most adults have in their entire life. … If only the world could see through her eyes. There would be so much more kindness in this world."

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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