When Becky Vazquez went to work at Resthaven Funeral Home Thursday morning, she thought it would be a normal day, until she saw her coworkers.
“All of a sudden one-by-one, single file, all of the Resthaven park crew entered the reception area, and they had all shaved their heads out of support for me,” Vazquez said.
Vazquez lost her hair during cancer treatments. She was overwhelmed with gratitude that coworkers would voluntarily lose their hair for her.
“I just cried my eyes out,” Vazquez said. “I feel it on my skin right now, I just feel every moment of them, it was the most wonderful thing I think anyone has ever done for me.”
“We love her and we’re here for her in everything she’s got to go through and we’ll do it again and pray everyday she gets better,” members of the park crew said.
It’s been a rough few months for Becky. In February, she was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer. Then a day later, her sister Terry went to the doctor and got the same news.
“It was devastating,” Vazquez said. “Something we never dreamed would ever happen to us. It just doesn’t run in our family and for us to be diagnosed one day apart was scary, very scary.”
Vazquez started rigorous chemotherapy treatment, battling constant nausea and hair loss. So her work family shaved their heads as well to show their support.
“We want to show positivity in a work place and anywhere and everywhere we can,” the park crew said. “We work as a group and whatever we do to support and help we will. Let her know that she’s not alone.”
Vazquez said thanks to her positive support system, the future is bright for both her and her sister.
“It’s very good, we’re going to survive this and we’re just going to carry on,” Vazquez said.
