Please be pink!

Leah Kwon
Mar 18, 2025
1 min read

The first time I cried at a gender reveal, blue confetti exploded into the air. All my prayers for a baby sister, hours of deliberating names, wasted.

Blue cupcakes. Welcome, sweet baby brother #2. Mom said she’s done, so girl cousin, maybe?

Year after year, aunts and uncles delighted by blue balloons, blue smoke, blue silly string. 8 little boys… and me.

The baby boom is over. 6 years go by and my hope for a girl cousin evaporates… until a glimmer of hope. My youngest aunt and uncle announce, “We’re pregnant!”

Reveal time. Please be pink!

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