# 4 I'm looking for my niece...
The year was 2003.
The look was pink.
Pink doesn't happen by accident. It is intentional. And you don't just add pink to your natural color. You dye your hair white first before the pink is added. It's a process. It represents commitment. As far as pink hair goes, the beautician did a great job, and my girl pulled it off well.
This post is NOT about me thinking that S's pink hair was a funniest moment. I promise you that.
But the pink hair is a vital part of this story. And believe it or not, this may officially be a DD, but it's short!
We were all in Salt Lake City for my niece's graduation. It was our first family vacation in I don't know how long. We'd done the touristy things, and we'd hiked in the Wasatch canyons surrounding Salt Lake. We'd formed snow balls in June. And we were there to watch L graduate from high school.
L's graduation took place in a large auditorium near downtown Salt Lake. As is often the case after larger graduations, scores of people pour out of the building. My brother-in-law, G, had gone to find L while the rest of us all headed outside to wait for the two of them. G is rather tall - one of those folks that can scan over the top of a crowd to find people. (I have no idea what that is like but it sounds amazing!)
Anyway it was a large crowd, so he is scanning when he says to a nearby lady, "I'm looking for my niece."
"Does she have pink hair?" responds this lady without G providing any sort of description of S.
"Why, yes, she does!" replies G with surprise.
"She's over there," and points directly to where we are waiting.
I just love that story! It makes me smile every time I think of it!
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