BLACK

When my little 4 year old friend (and one of my favorite people in this world) came to the realization that our skin color was different, she had questions. Why are we different colors? What color am I? I saw it as a teachable moment. My chance to be someone in her life, besides her amazing parents, to really let her know "black is beautiful" and why. I think she gets it.

Anyone who knows me, knows I adore kids! They are so full of energy, hope, love, and wonder. Over the years I have worked with all types of children. Children with different economic backgrounds, different ethnicities, and different physical and academic challenges.  One question that always comes up is, "what's your favorite color?". 
I guess it's one of the first things we decide when we're little, to start shaping our own identities. 

On and off throughout the years my color has bounced around the spectrum from happy yellow to passionate red and even Prince (may he rest in peace) purple. Then in my 30's, I settled on black. I realized that black was never chosen as a favorite color amongst the kids I knew. Was it because of the negative connotation at every turn? Probably. Black equaled evil, even in the comic books and novels I read, the bullies or 'bad girls' all had raven hair. Black cats were bad luck and the black crayon was always the only one in pristine condition.

I currently work for a company that is based on color and beautiful things. We had a managers meeting last week and when we went around the table and introduced ourselves, guess what we also had to share? If you guessed our favorite color then congratulations, you've really been reading this blog and not just looking at the pretty pictures:) It was almost my turn, I listened to each person as they chattered about "Blush" and how perfect it was. It was like I had travelled back to Kindergarten and was doing circle time, probably thinking about what snack our teacher would provide that afternoon. No one had mentioned black. And then my good friend introduced herself and I snapped back to the present day. "Hello everyone, my name is Vanessa and my favorite color is black" Part of me was deflated, because I realize now that I grew to enjoy the shock value that came with saying those words.  Then the other part of me thought, "that's my girrrrllll" .

Well here are a few of my favorite black accessories and where you can find them (click the pics) and here are a few reasons I love the color black: 

It's grounding, 
it's chic, 
it's strong, 
it's pretty,
it's sexy,
and it's fashion. 

What's your favorite color?

                 

Thanks for reading,

Nikki

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