Danielle Dayney3 Comments on Shades of Color

Shades of Color

Blue for boys, pink for girls, and toys in separate aisles.  “I want this one, Mommy,” she says, “but they will make fun of me.”

“A toy is just a toy,” I tell her.  “Get that Stormtrooper.”

Sometimes we should be purple.

Published by Danielle Dayney

Born and raised in Ohio, Danielle Dayney got her start writing rock concert reviews for a music magazine called The Glass Eye in Toledo. Today, her work has appeared in the Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review, Huffington Post, Dead Housekeeping, The Mindful Word, and in several anthologies including the Virginia Writers Centennial Anthology, Nevertheless We Persisted, and Beach Reads: Lost and Found. She also received awards at BlogHer for her creative nonfiction essays. Her debut essay collection is forthcoming from Brandylane Publishers.

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3 thoughts on “Shades of Color”

  1. foreignfox April 28, 2016 — 11:28 am

    I used to play with cars a lot when I was little. 🙂

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  2. innatejames July 1, 2016 — 3:07 pm

    The look on your daughter’s face is epic.

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      Danielle Dayney July 1, 2016 — 6:15 pm

      Thanks Nate. I think it’s the look of victory.

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