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The color of me

Clownfish came home today and expressed disappointment with his Crayola 24 crayon box. He discovered that Peach didn't really match his skin tone, nor did Brown, even when he colored really lightly.

"I want one that is the color of me."

His school crayons fell short. But we have a 96 Crayola box here at the house, so we scribbled with all of the brown shaded crayons and compared them to his skin. In the end, he chose Raw Sienna and put it in his school bag. He's going to add it to his crayon bag for the next time his teacher asks him to draw himself.

I thought it was a beautiful moment, Clownfish embracing something that made him special and different and wanting a means to express that with his crayons. My husband's first response was to think that someone had made fun of him or picked on him because of his skin because that was my husband's experience in school. Clownfish seems content now, so I am inclined to think I'm right. But I am not looking forward to the day, and I hope it never comes, that my husband's fears are realized.

As for Clownfish, he had only one regret: "I wish we had done this before I drew my picture today."

Full post as published by Butterflyfish on September 18, 2009 (boomark / email).