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Just a Boy and His Pink Rainbows

February 6, 2012 By Julie 66 Comments

Meet Alex.  He’s my middle child and a true joy.  He loves cooking, creating art projects and anything that has to do with rainbows.  His favorite color is pink and he stands by it with fervor.  I love everything about his gentle nature which is why my heart about broke when he had his first run in at school with a herd of children telling him that boys weren’t supposed to have pink lunch boxes and they certainly shouldn’t be paying attention to rainbows.

A couple of Alex’s favorite pink possessions

As he painstakingly recalled back to me what had happened that day, I could see the crushed look in his eyes and it made me frustrated and sad.   Thoughts flitted through my mind in defense of my son.  “Who determined pink to be the official color of girls anyway?”  “What could have been the motive for those kids to want to bring down a fellow friend?”  “Why are we all so scared of people that are different from us?”

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Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Family Tagged With: birthday cake, Boys, Pink, rainbow, teasing


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