A Homer unicorn named Piggycorn! The lasting magic of a moment with Rosalina & Marissa.

Updated: Sep. 29, 2023 at 4:59 PM AKDT
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In 2018, a young eight-year-old girl from Homer named Rosalina lost her beloved stuffed unicorn "Piggycorn" in a local park. So, she made a poster with a picture of Piggycorn that read simply โ€” LOST: Piggycorn. Favorite food: cheese. If found, please call... Well, a man named Matt saw the poster and shared it on his social media. Then, a woman named Debbie saw it and shared it with her friend Marissa, a fishing boat captain who happened to be fishing down in Seattle. A few days later, Rosalinaโ€™s mother, Mekeisha Smith, received this text: โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ! ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ข. ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. ๐˜'๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ.โ€ Soon, they began to receive updates about Piggycorn's adventures, with pictures of Piggycorn and Pickles on a boat in Seattle painting, fishing, watching movies with rainbow snacks, and napping on unicorn sheets. When it was time to send Piggycorn back, Marissa decided that the two friends had become inseparable, so she tucked Pickles and Piggycorn in together and mailed them home along with several gifts as a reminder of their adventure. Later that year, in December 2018, Marissa and Rosalina met in person since she had returned to Homer. They exchanged gifts and she and Rosalina stood at the front door to sketch unicorn horns into the window panes before parting. Dave interviewed them both five years later so they could relive the special moment and share what it meant to both of them. Now 13 years old, Rosalina is still very shy, but smiles and perks up at the thought of Piggycorn and Pickles. And Marissa? She took the time to make magic for a kid she didnโ€™t know. Now the two are forever friends, real-life bonding over a mythical creature.

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