6895
Painting pictures of you
Eighteen years, ten months, and eighteen days
A picture a day
6895 daily pictures
Each picture uniquely different, but uniquely you
Picture 1 – just me and you
Two colors entwined in a sonrise
The world celebrates as you have arrived
Picture 680 – we add Rin to the family
A new color added that will be included in every picture
The world celebrates as she has arrived
Primary colors of red, blue, green, and yellow
Are mixed with the brown of earth
Hot wheels, blocks, and sticks making
Race tracks in the dirt
The bright yellow sun shining on pure life
Making memories, growing happiness
So many pictures of life, love, and happiness
Hard times, too
Pictures colored with fear and sadness
Divorce, families changing, moving
The three colors – you, me, and Rin
Present in every picture
Sometimes in the background shining light and love
Taking joy in happiness of your adventure
Sometimes off to the side
Bearing witness to the beauty of you
Picture – 2954 Gem arrives bringing a new color
Picture – 3046 a dark day and Gem’s color becomes
A color that is woven into every day
Each night before sleep arrives the picture of the day
Is painted with the shades of browns and golds of your eyes
The brown mud tracked through the house
The shiny black grease that stains my good towels
The grass stains of football that colors your jeans
Carhart brown, John Deere Green, Papé yellow
The purple and gold of your school colors
The pink in the blush of your cheeks
The pale brown of your birth marks
The teal green of your tooth brush
The brown ring of dirt left in the bathtub
All the colors of your world covering every picture
Proof of your life, the passionate way you lived
6895 pictures with a myriad of colors
Moving and mixing
Colors appearing and disappearing
Flashes of brilliance and disappointments
Painting pictures of life
Your 6895 pictures have been part of every one of mine.
Your 6895th picture is burnt into my 14, 473rd picture and
Every picture since then.
The color of Roo is woven through every day.
KangaWithoutRoo 
Absolutely beautiful way to paint memories. Even the losses we have known, have given us so much while they were present. Wonderful write.
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Thank you!
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You are definitely welcome – love your writing style!
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Beautiful painting! ❤
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