{"id":1243,"date":"2016-06-20T07:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2016-06-20T11:37:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T15:37:38","slug":"craving-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/craving-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"Craving Pink"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Robin\u201cLady, if you can\u2019t control your brat, we\u2019re gonna call the police,\u201d the salesman in Ithaca\u2019s old Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods said. In the store\u2019s stockroom that served as a makeshift dressing room, four-year-old Marika, in one of her monumental tantrums, was hurling helmets, cross-country skis, and whatever other merchandise she could reach.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t want<\/em> the yellow snowsuit. I want the pink<\/em> one. It\u2019s not<\/em> too little for me, mom,\u201d she bellowed. Unable to lift her, I dragged her out of the store, through the mall, kicking and screaming.<\/p>\n

More than two decades later, I told the woman spraying spirea bushes in the Garden Center at Agway, \u201cI need a pink peony.\u201d She pointed to all the white and deep fuchsia peony plants. \u201cNo. It has<\/em> to be pink. Pale<\/em> pink. Cool<\/em> pink like the color of sand on a beach at sunset. Like the fluff on top of a cherry ice cream soda. Pee<\/em>ony-pink, like little-girl-princess clothes.\u201d No. Sorry, she said. More determined than ever, I left the place, and drove around the countryside in search of pink peonies. All week long. By the time I landed in Lowes Outdoor Center, all the peonies had already bloomed and dropped their petals. A few spent plants were tucked away in the back, their beautiful shaped leaves looking colorless next to all the pansies and bright hibiscus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are really going to be pink next year?\u201d I asked, paying for the last three supposedly-pink peony plants. Then, peeved about having to put off my instant-pink gratification until next June, I went to the wine store and bought half a case of pale pink rose.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s the spoiled brat now?<\/p>\n

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Do you ever find yourself feeling entitled? What are some of the less desirable things you inherited or adopted from your loved ones who died? What color makes you happy? What color makes you hungry? What do your cravings say about you?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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