She finally got to talk about her brother <3

Cocoasushi · April 2014

Some of you may remember a post from about a week ago I made about my daughter, Piper, dying her hair blue in honor of her baby brother, Link. Here's the post if you missed it: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12307485/my-daughter-wanted-to-honor-her-baby-brother-s-memory-today-so#latest

We've not left the house much in the past week, so she hasn't really seen anyone other than family. She's been wanting to go out to let the world see her pretty blue hair in hopes that someone she doesn't know will ask her about the color. Tonight Piper finally got to tell the first stranger about her blue hair. The lady, who was about 7 months pregnant and standing with her two daughters that couldn't have been much older than Piper, walked past her and said, "Oh, what LOVELY hair you have! It's simply gorgeous!" She smiled, and one of the little girls said, "Why is it blue?" I told her that it was ok, and that she could tell them why she dyed her hair blue if she wants to. The lady asked me, "Was it for autism awareness?" I told her no, and Piper looked at her and said:

"I LOVE blue! I reminds me of my baby brother Link! He was a baby that lived in my mommies tummy like I did, but he died before he was born. He was sick and his backbone wasn't like mine and he couldn't live, but it's ok..."

I can't remember the rest of what she said, but she kept talking to the little girls for a while. I looked up and saw the tears welling up in the woman's eyes. After Piper was done talking to her and her daughters she said, "You're such a beautiful little girl and that's the sweetest, saddest thing I have ever heard." The woman looked at me, smiled and went on. She had a look on her face that said 'I don't have words for this, but I know how you feel'. I'm so proud of Piper for being able to tell people about her brother and be so upfront and honest. And she's proud. She's proud of him. She's proud that he existed even for a short time.

Eveiii · April 2014

You have raised one extremely beautiful, well spoken, amazing, gifted, free spirited, courages girl. This brought a tear to my eye. Sending all my loves and prayers to your amazing little family x