Chat with Madison today
Madison: [singing] Beautiful beautiful Pennie! Beautiful beautiful Pennie! Pennie has dark skin! She is dark brown like dark chocolate! [now to me and no longer singing] Mommy, don’t you think Pennie has brown skin like dark chocolate?
Me: Like delicious dark chocolate?
Madison: Yes!
Me: Yes, she has skin like delicious dark chocolate!
Madison: Yes! We will eat her up! Mommy, did you know people call brown skin Black? They say Black people.
Me: Yes, which is funny because it’s not black skin, it’s brown skin but people say “Black” like they say “White” to mean people with pale skin.
Madison: Pennie’s skin is darker than mine. I have brown skin, too.
Me. Yes, she has skin like dark chocolate and I always thought that your skin is like Mexican chocolate. Mexican chocolate has cinnamon in it!
Madison: Cinnamon!!! [Madison loves cinnamon.]
Me: Your rosy cheeks make me think of warm cinnamon.
Madison: Rosy cheeks? I have pink in my skin?
Me: Yes, you have brown skin with pink rosiness.
Madison: I have brown skin like Pennie but I have pink in my skin like you.
Me: You are a rosy, brown-skinned girl.
Madison: [singing and now standing on her plastic picnic table] So you wanna be a rock star! Yeah! Mommy, listen, this is the ROCK STAR song and it is really good!!
awesome. I love it. Tell her I think she is so cute I could eat her up too! xo
She’s pretty darn amazing, isn’t she?
It’s like “The Colors of Us” brought to life.
Oh, I just love it! What a laugh!
Oh, I love your girl. What a great self esteem she has!
Madison is definitely a rock star! It’s amazing to me how children learn lessons (and teach us) when we’re not looking. I think it will be very comforting to her to know that she has yours and Pennie’s skin tone. Such a smart cookie she is.
Oh, she’s so so lovely (and bright), this girl of yours (plural).