Happy Pecan Day!
Cheryl here! I wasn't so keen on celebrating Pecan Day when I was going over my choices at Brownielocks.com because I had a bad experience with a pecan when I was a child. It probably wasn't the pecans fault. I was probably just sick with a stomach flu or something but the pecan got the blame because I could taste it when... Well, you don't need too much information on that business. You get the picture.
But, then I thought about it some more and the reason that I think Pecans SHINE and that the day should be celebrated by all is because pecan trees are so big and tall and strong and lovely. They resonate home to me. My grandparents had a couple in their yard. I remember collecting and shelling the pecans for my grandparents. And because I loved my grandparents, and because I love the memory of climbing their pecan trees, and because I love the memories that I have of being at my grandparents home, and because pecans are part of those memories, pecans shine!
But how can they shine for you? You don't share my memories of climbing pecan trees or picking and shelling pecans at my sweet grandparents home.
Here's how Pecans can shine for you:
- Pecans are packed with more that 19 vitamins and minerals that will help protect your body from heart disease, help with controlling your weight and protect your mind from diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS.
- The zinc in pecans could help improve your love life in both men and women.
- And many do say they are delicious (though I know Claudia is not in on this sentiment as she is allergic).
- You can have a picnic in the pecan tree shade.
- Or, climb a pecan tree and find a sturdy trunk to day dream on.
- You can pick your own pecans and sit around a table with your loved ones cracking their shells open to collect the nut.
- Collect enough to make a pecan pie and never, ever forget that you are loved.
In honor of Pecan Day, and for the loving memories I have of my grandparents, I may even give the pecan a second chance and try eating something with a pecan in it. I will Realize the Impact of Little Things- Shine Principle No. 5. Little things like pecans. And memories of loved ones. I'm definitely going to hug a kid today.
Do you like pecans?
Don't forget to join us tomorrow for another fabulous Yellow Envelope Project Nominee.
Signing off until tomorrow...