"Pink"

"I love the color pink.

The softest blush of pink,

baby girl pink

bubblegum pink of the 1930s

hot pink of the 60s.

For me, pink represents calmness, sweetness, softness, whimsy,

all things girly and the persevering strength

of women."

These words are written on the inside cover of my altered book

titled "Pink"  pictured above.

I collect things that are pink.

Inside the pink drawer of the button box:

And I have a thing for the 1930s and 40s.  I was born in 1949

and somehow those eras became part of my heart

and soul.

Pink makes me feel pretty.

When I was about 12, I had a pair of pink ballet flats

that I wore until they fell off my feet. 

I put cardboard on the inside when the holes in the

soles appeared and painted them with pink

shoe polish so the cracks in the leather

didn't show as badly.

I'm on a mission to find another pair.

One day my mother gave me a pink and black dress that she had

worn, I'm sure to play dress-up in, and to her horror

I wore it to the park wearing it with my pink ballet flats.

A boy I went to school with looked at me and said,

"Why are you wearing such an old-fashioned dress?"

I looked down at my dress and said

"Because it makes me feel pretty."

It still does.