A Dedication to Easter; Past and Present

I have always loved Easter. From the time I was very little I loved Easter. I remember waking up and going on the Easter basket hunt. My parents would hide our Easter baskets and tell us the Easter bunny had hid them somewhere for us to find. They were usually behind the couch but it took me several years to catch on to this.

Here I am at a very young age with my Aunt Bea and my younger brother, Roger.

This woman was incredibly special to me, and I loved her so much. After she passed away I actually found the bunny I am holding in this picture in her bedroom. She had kept it all these years!


As I got older and started going to church, Easter became even more special to me. Learning the reason behind the holiday and what Jesus Christ did for me on the cross was enormous. So a typical Easter Sunday when I was younger was starting the day at Church celebrating the Resurrection of our Christ followed by an egg hunt at the Church.

Here I am with my brothers all ready for Sunday service.

Don't you love my dress..lol?

After Church the family would congregate at my grandmother's for dinner and our own Easter egg hunt. Family could range from any number of Aunts, Uncles and cousins. I have a large family and each year would see different ones coming "home" to spend Easter in Kentucky.

This picture is a snapshot from one of those family egg hunts at my grandmothers.

I am the one with the white heels and short blue dress. A little better than the last dress...huh?


I love Easter. But what a lot of people don't know about me is that I DO NOT like the Easter Bunny. I was actually terrified of him for a long time. But hang with me, I do have a legitimate excuse!

One year my Mom took my brothers and I to have breakfast with the Easter Bunny. It was at KMart in the restaurant in the back of the store. Anybody remember that? All was going well until the Easter Bunny decided to come to each table and visit all of us personally.  My Mom had just got me a hot chocolate and had just sat it down in front of me with the instructions to wait for it to cool down some because it was really hot. Unfortunately Mr Easter Bunny decided to pick that exact moment to visit me with his big ole bulky basket and proceeded to knock my scalding hot chocolate into my lap. I was traumatized! And could never trust the Easter Bunny ever again.


I'll be honest it stayed with me. And I am sad to say I never took my son to go visit the Easter Bunny. Sorry Tabor. But I did try to make sure Easter was just as special for him as it was for me. We always colored eggs and had our own egg hunts.

This is Tabor in 2009 with our cat Nadia and our dog Buddy behind him. We lost both of these pets a little over a year ago. So this picture makes me smile and a little sad at the same time.

Tabor has had the same Easter basket ever since he was four years old. And even tho he turns 21 on Monday, that same Easter basket is sitting here full waiting for him to get here tomorrow!

But sadly Mr Chocolate Easter Bunny didn't make it. I forgot him in the car today.

Maybe it was just my subconscious getting back at him after all these years!

Thanks for going back in time with me and sharing some of my fondest memories of Easters past. I have no doubt that this Easter will be any different. We will start with a wonderful church service, then come home to pig out on ham and biscuits. I hope everyone has a blessed Easter!


                                                                                                         The Boss Lady