My Favorite Color

Spring is my absolute favorite color.

The white of the blooming pear trees is particularly and glaringly gorgeous, almost as much as the shade of my legs that have been in hiding since October or so.  The quickest way to go blind is to view these gams without proper eye protection before I’ve applied self tanner.  As the saying by some famous unnamed Southern woman goes, “Tan fat looks better than white fat!” But those pear trees, though.  Beautiful.

The yellow of the sun that seems to hang out in the sky a little bit longer and warm us up a little bit more.  It’s like its back from a vacation, ready to keep us up longer (and to convince our kids that can’t tell time yet that it’s seriously time.for.bed. and even those that can:it’s still sunning out, MOM), and renewed to begin the preheating process of summer.  (We all know it’s set at 350 degrees that hits about June to roast us for those next months that follow.) And yellow as the blanket that drapes every outdoor object like a new spring dress.  This layer of yellow shade over all of creation–it’s breathtaking.  LITERALLY.  It’s also the color of the mucus that fills up tissue after tissue.

Green.  Glorious green.  Green grass, green leaves, new shoots–it’s just so very brand new! It’s the color of promise–a sign of renewal and new life, fresh growth and invigorated beginnings. ***(And also green is the color the yellow mucus turns once a beloved sinus infection ensues. I’m just pointing out truth.)

Pink! The color of the redbud tree and loropetalum blooms that are shooting out all over the place.  It’s joy hanging on a tree.  Pink is also (one of ) the fantastic colors of the Cadbury mini eggs that come out this time of year, heralding the most holy of days on the Christian calendar: Easter.  Which is also a reminder: there is JOY that once did hang on a tree…

And lest I forget: red.  That beautiful hue of the Bullseye and the shirts on Target team members.  Just glorious.  The store that beckons this time of year for the essential items of this season of spring:  Claritin and flip-flops, self tanner and Cadbury eggs, and Slim Fast (less clothes, people), and sunglasses and kleenex.  You know, things you need in life.  And red as also the only thing you really need in life: the blood shed by Jesus for you.  It covers more profusely than pollen, is THE sign of renewal and life, and will turn everyone it touches whiter than snow–no self tanner necessary.

Maybe Easter is my absolute favorite color.