I think one of my earliest memories is at a friend’s house.
We were fooling around with the garden hose. Like typical kids, we basically had fun doing anything. We would amuse ourselves for hours playing hide-and-seek, drawing dresses on pieces and pieces of paper, and playing with Barbie dolls. We were little girls who thought of nothing besides having fun and being stupid. But that day was not a day for hiding, drawing, or dress-up. No, it was a day for watering the dirt and watching it turn to mud. This transformation was nothing short of amazing.
A few days before, we had somehow gotten it into our heads that carrots grew if you just stuck them in the ground and watered them.
That day we were watering those buried carrots. We were convinced that we would succeed and surprise our parents with fresh produce in a few more days.
All of a sudden, the wet ground started moving.
When we uncovered the soil, we found out that a rabbit and her many bunnies had made their home where our carrots once were.
Our stupidity as children had made a home for new lives.
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