growing up my little sister declared her favorite color to be pink. naturally, i had to pick something different, and the next best option in my prepubescent brain was purple (lilac specifically).

i took that color and ran with it.

it was in the undertones of the floral print on my LL Bean backpack from k through 5th.

it was in the cutie little triangle bikini set i would wear when doggy paddling around my grandparents’s pool while eating watermelon with salt.

it was the accent color of my first big girl bike.

it was the color of gum i gravitated towards the most.

it was in the clothes i wore, the markers i drew with – it was everywhere.

purple purple purple purple.

recently i’ve started to notice that the color purple is having a resurgence in my life.

now it’s in the bed of wildflowers growing in my neighborhood.

it’s in my favorite tshirt that i got from Mida as a Christmas gift in 2018.

it’s in the journal i’ve been using to document this summer with.

it’s in the atmosphere of my new favorite restaurant in Columbus, Jeff Ruby’s.

it’s in the tea tin i picked out to house a lemon yogurt rooibos blend from NK when we were in Stockholm.

it’s in my Mimi’s sarong that i made into a tapestry for decoration in my kitchen.

it’s in the new toothbrush i got from the dentist that has soft bristles.

it’s everywhere!!! and i’m not mad about it.

when thinking about who i aspire to be at any given moment, three things come to mind:

1. who i wish i had at various low points in my life

2. more alive and in touch with the beauty of right now

3. the type of person i wanted to be growing up

seeing the color purple so frequently nowadays can’t help but remind me of who i was as a child. carefree, exuberant, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. despite all the years i spent then wishing to be in my 20s so i could wear heels and live life on my own terms, i now find myself living my life the way i know she always wanted me to. a life in purple.

💘 Hanna