What Color Are You?

This past Friday, I attended a workshop for summer reading with several children's librarians.  As we visited together, two of the librarians were sharing stories about having a best friend of another race. Another librarian and I were listening to their conversation, and she made this comment: When someone asks my little girl what color she is, she always answers whatever color she happens to be wearing that day.

Priceless! I asked her permission to share the comment and possibly write something about it on my blog.  She smiled and politely agreed ~ recognizing the funny childhood observation. If I ever leave one single solitary literary legacy, I hope this is it:  WRITE IT DOWN!  Take the best of today, tuck it away, and keep it for tomorrow!  In a month, that amusing childhood observation will be replaced with five more. In a year, an entire trunk is filled.  In twenty years, a priceless collection is yours to keep and pass down from one generation to another.

So...here is TODAY'S BIG STORY, and Carrie, this one's for you.

What Color Are You?

What color are you?

I am pink ~

    ballerina pink ~

with tiny yellow flowers

    in my hair.

What color are you?

I am blue ~

    faded blue ~

from too many days

    in the field.

What color are you?

I am white ~

     pin-striped white ~

with a cap and socks

     that match.

What color are you?

I am brown ~

     hand-me-down brown ~

and missing a button

     or two.

What color are you?

I am yellow ~

     bright sunny yellow ~

ready to swim 

      all day!

What color are you?

I am black ~

     bow-tie black ~

walking very slowly

     down the aisle.

What color are you?

I am orange ~
     pumpkin orange ~
sharing my treats
     with a friend.

What color are you?

I am green ~

     tractor green ~

with a row of beans

     to plant.

What color are you?

I am red ~

     ruby slipper red ~

clicking my heels,

     1-2-3.

What color are you?

I am gold ~

    glitter and gold ~

with two new holes

     in my ears.

What color are you?

I am purple ~ 

    pajama purple ~

holding a teddy bear

    by my side.

What color are you?

I am rainbow ~

    every color ~

with a paint brush

    in my hand.

What color are you?

I am not sure.

     The day is new,

and I haven't opened

     my closet yet!

Dianne ; )