Fuzzy Little Fruit
11/30/2014
I had this plan to write a super unoriginal post about how thankful I am, however after I realized that lacked creativity I erased the whole thing. Thankfully I have enough creative juices in my head to try to write something decent. Let's hope this pans out!My favorite color is peach. Clearly not a color every person jumps at when saying it is their favorite color. Normally when I ask someone their favorite color they reply with red, maroon, or the most common blue. However the true reason behind asking this question is to get to know someone better. Normally a question I would start with in my high school journalism class is now a question I ask boys on first dates. Why? Like I said to get to know someone better. So now that you know my favorite color I must answer the follow-up question that is why?
Peach is a unique color. Don't think of some orange tone or even coral because those aren't the same. Peach is that color you see when you bite into a ripe, fuzzy fruit with the juice dripping down your face. The color you see in an Indiana sunset that swirls around your head. And lastly the color that I have yet to find a Crayola of. It's one of a kind, and I believe it fits my personality.
Most people find it weird that I pick my favorite color based on my personality, however why else does one pick a color? I used to be obsessed with lime green, like the color of the lime Skittles. Sweet, unexpected, and vibrant! It seemed fitting for me to have a favorite color that stood out of the crowd, however after looking at this color for so long and thinking it was my "one" color I realized I was completely wrong. Why does one pick blue I thought? So why did I pick lime? Because my best friend's favorite color was lime green, and I didn't want to be known as my best friend at the time. So I went on a search!
This clearly sounds like a soul-searching journey *insert eye roll*. Well certainly it was to me! Something as silly as a color could spin my life out of proportion and cause such a chaos, and it truly did. I would say my favorite color was Tiffany Blue, or the color of morning glories at exactly six in the morning. I swayed people into believing I loved pink (on Wednesdays we wear pink) and even found the time to say that I enjoyed the color neon orange. It wasn't until I started saying that yellow was my favorite color that I started getting asked why. When I started replying with because I adore yellow roses, or that I loved yellow skittles was when I truly wondered why yellow made the cut. To which I soon started answering with, because I love the way the sun feels on my face, and picking the petals off Black Eyed Susan's to figure out if a boy loved me or not was my favorite pass time. That walking through the tiny woods across from my grandparents’ house that was filled with little yellow flowers, and with every cake I baked with my grandma the icing seemed to be yellow to match the yellow cake we made. Now I think I picked yellow out of love, but not the love of myself. The love I once had for my grandparents, and the life that filled the air when I was with them.
When I picked peach it was a hard choice. I wanted a color no one else thought of, and one that fit me to a tee. So why peach exactly? Because every evening the sun sets, insinuating that the day has ended, to which I look at as a tiny sign of victory. A victory that I made it through a new day, and that this day will never happen again. So it's more of a reminder to live each day as if I was a tiny peachy, sitting ripe and fuzzy for a new adventure ahead of me. Whether that adventure be in a cobbler, or even as mushy baby food I have a purpose that day that I must accomplish. Peach is vibrant, calming, but most of all purposeful. To answer the question, peach is my favorite color because peach is me. Plus one of my favorite quotes is about peaches!
As the clock ticks by and my creative juices diminish I want to leave you with this thought. What is your favorite color and what does it say about you? Why did you pick that color? I'd love to know your story for your color!
Stay Peachy!
