Chocolate-Coated Memories

Chocolate-coated memories of my morning meal
fill my bowl to the top. I could get not get enough
of the sweetest children's breakfast cereal. 
I was more than crazy for my delicious "puffs".

My mother will confirm my cocoa obsession.
I dug in only after the milk turned chocolaty.
Yes, two boxes were always in my possession.
How ever did I escape childhood obesity?


for A Pleasant Childhood Memory Contest (Sara Kendrick)

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/6/2012 9:01:00 PM

haha, yes I remember yours. This would not be one of my memories. But you described it very nicely. Congratulations, Rhonda.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 6/6/2012 7:24:00 PM

RHONDA, Congratulations with your wonderful win, In SARA KENDRICK'S "PLEASANT CHILDHOOD MEMORY" contest. take care;-) ~ Always PD

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 6/6/2012 9:02:00 AM

Congratulations on your place well done xx

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 6/6/2012 5:20:00 AM

Congratulations on your win in Sara's "A Pleasant Childhood Memory" contest Rhonda. Love, Carol

David Williams

Date: 6/6/2012 2:04:00 AM

Rhonda congrats on your win..David

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/5/2012 5:45:00 PM

Rhonda, This was a great theme that you have chosen..I still enjoy those types of cereals but can't eat much because of diabetes..Thanks for participating in my contest..Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/27/2012 3:57:00 PM

hahaha, coming here again. yours is one of the best I've read!! (and I, on the other hand, did not start getting my appetite till after age 8 and was so skinny in those days but it caught up with me. hahaha!!)

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 5/22/2012 4:53:00 PM

sweet and delicious words Rhonda and my own children so loved cocoa puffs too.. good luck luv in this contest.. a trip down memory lane is great nostalgia ..

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/21/2012 10:21:00 PM

good one, it's kind of how I did mine, using quatrains, but not posted yet! I hope this scores high.

John Loving Iii

Date: 5/21/2012 2:33:00 PM

coo coo for coaca? me too.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 5/21/2012 10:06:00 AM

i wonder if you still like that cereal. i can't eat any of the sweet cereals i ate as a child - they just taste awful to me now. i really like the way you've described those puffs, though!