I have a wonderful memory of my Nana from when I was *much, much* younger. I had come to her with a huge problem and I knew she could fix it.
My problem?
No other girls liked my favorite color. What's more, they were telling me that my favorite color was ugly and that I should like pink or purple. Those were girl colors, more acceptable and the norm. Not yellow…
So I asked my Nana what I should do. And although her exact words didn’t stick in my mind (it was a really, really long time ago), I can remember exactly how she made me feel.
Proud.
I should be proud to be different and what’s more, I should keep on liking whatever it is that I like. I don’t have to like what everyone else likes! This was a revelation to my nine year old brain, for sure. Then, she filled me in on something else.
Her favorite color was green.
WHA?!? Even I knew that green was a boy color, just like blue!
…Well, so much for that lesson…
I never did let anyone ever talk me out of liking yellow, though.
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