2 Apr 2012

A - Z Writing Challenge: C







The letter for today is: C, where I feature care and carrot.


Mankind's' early urges included eating to sustain their body and procreating to continue the race. The men hunted for meat while the women gathered fruit and edible leaves. Because babies were born defenseless and weak, they required care for many years. Many died, which motivated the race to do everything they could to ensure their offspring survived.
I've heard that the large heads and slow movements of a toddler rouse the need to care in the male and female alike. Of course, the care given depends on the individual's ability.
I used to give my children carrot sticks to munch when they came home from school. They'd run to the park and I'd congratulate myself on the quality of my care in regard to their nutrition.
Later, I laughed out loud to discover they used to chew the carrots up and spew the pieces at their friends as ammunition.

23 comments:

  1. It sounds like your children thrived in spite of their lack of carrot consumption. I put carrots into most meals... which is why my homemade soups are always orange!

    I’m doing the A to Z Challenge too at A to Z of Nostalgia

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  2. Ha! Cute post. And I'm a carrot nut. I crave fresh carrot juice. Thankfully, here in Akumal, Mexico, fresh juice stands are plentiful and almost every restaurant offers it. They say a body craves what it needs, but Lord! I've eaten enough to satisfy a herd of bunnies. Or is it a gaggle of bunnies? Or...hmmm? what is a bunch of bunnies called?

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  3. Well, whether or not they consumed their carrots, your children certainly knew how to make use of their snack food. ;) Great 'C' post! Happy Tuesday! ☺

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  4. I always hide carrots in marinara sauces ;o)

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  5. We laugh because while both of our kids don't like eating vegetables very much, they LOVE raw carrots. And raw cucumbers - Hey, another 'C' word! :) When they were babies, their skin turned a yellowish shade. Our pediatrician told us you can tell which babies like their carrots and squash because their skin does that. And I don't care much for them raw myself, nor does my husband, so it isn't modeled behavior. Funny how that works out.

    Thank you for visiting and commenting on my blog. Great post!

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  6. What a delightful post. I am sure my children did the same with their carrots. :D

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  7. Carrot pellet ammunition. Love it!

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  8. Fun use of two very different "C" words! I love the story about your children and the carrots. You were still caring about their health -- they just didn't know it yet! LOL! Also, thanks for stopping by my blog. ~ Angela, Whole Foods Living, http://www.wholefoodsliving.blogspot.com/

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  9. Brave of you to let us in on that:)
    No question you were a good Mom.

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  10. So, carrots are dangerous...? ha! Thanks for stopping by!
    In Miniature Style II

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  11. LOL! Your post made me laugh...no worries, they'd have done the same thing with candies as well...kids are geniuses like that.

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  12. Carrots as ammunition! How did I never consider that. ;)

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting!

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  13. thanks for visiting my blog and your kind comment :)

    LOL with the carrots as ammunition!! How clever of them to think about it!

    good luck with the rest of the challenge!

    betty

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  14. Carrots are one of the few vegetables that I actually like. But I love that your kids were using them as ammunition!

    Best of luck with the challenge,
    Jocelyn

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  15. I liked the way you began your writing very seriously, which sets up the reader, and then ended it with the carrot ammo. Perfect!

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  16. I live by a rule that if you don't like a food, no matter what that food is, it means it wasn't prepared correctly for you. I am still on a quest to find a way to enjoy carrots. >.<

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  17. OK... I was with you until the end... and then I was TOTALLY with you.

    We do keep bags of the tiny peeled baby carrots around, but not for the kids. They are for Tony and I.

    The kids only will eat them if they grow them themselves, and so far that has only yielded us alien Siamese twin looking carrots.

    Here's hoping for a better crop this year. :)

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  18. I can relate to your children... I have never enjoyed raw carrots. Cooked, yes. Raw, no.

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  19. I read somewhere that these prehistoric experiences changed how men "see" objects -- like along a treeline or the horizon, scanning for game. Women, however, notice where something is located, close by. When my husband can't find something, we've come to call this "male pattern blindness." He's looking for the horizon and can't "see" what's right in front of him! BTW I loved how your children used those carrots for ammunition. That's ammunition for grandkids!

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  20. Great anecdote, Francene. I always loved to dig up the carrots in my mother's vegetable patch and eat them, because I wasn't supposed to do that, but wait until they'd fully grown. ;-)

    Cheers,
    Edith

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  21. Ha! Children will do what they will do.

    At least you had some years of blissful ignorance and comfort that you were doing the best for them you could. :-)

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  22. LoL. Kids are so innovative with food.

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