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Yesterday afternoon, while at school pick up, a mother tracked me down…
“I’ve been meaning to tell you,” she started, “your blue hair…”
She went on to tell me how she had been sitting watching a group of kids. The topic of Brooke’s dad with the blue hair spontaneously came up in conversation which started a discussion about autism, autism awareness and what autism is…among the kids…with no adults!
She wasn’t close enough to hear every detail, but she was impressed that the kids carried on the conversation for some time and that the topic had been brought up because of my blue hair.
“I thought you would want to know your blue hair is doing its job,” she said. She was absolutely right.
I told her maybe I should think about keeping my hair blue all year.
“No, no,” she replied, “then they’d get used to it. Every once in a while, it’s good to shock them and make them think.”
Even though I’m getting my marathon out of the way with NYCM next weekend, maybe I should consider going blue again next year. I feel like each conversation Brooke’s peers have about autism is one more kid who is aware that different is okay.
Thank you to the mom who let me know that I was making a difference even when I wasn’t around.
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Amen!!!
YAY! Way to be the catalyst!
Worth every strand.
Priceless! 🙂
So awesome! Maybe you should consider doing some school assemblies on awareness while the hair is blue…..your commitment to awareness and understanding is amazing!
Awesomesauce!
Love it! And I agree that that “unusual” once a year is a catalyst that “unusual” year round wouldn’t be (if we are sticking to the topic of hair color!).
And it’s also a great example of how sometimes a visual is a lot more effective than dry research materials in getting a message across.
Good stuff! April would be an excellent month to go blue again!
Well done and enjoy NYC next weekend!
That’s wonderful! I agree; you should do blue again next year. ^_^