Easter...chocolate bunnies, spring flowers, eggs, the promise of new beginnings...if you aren't a religious person, easter is a chance to be with loved ones and search for easter eggs, eat too much and break chocolate ears from bunnies heads...
i remember standing in our local delicatessen as a little girl listening to my mother spelling out the names of her three children as the man behind the counter wrote them onto hollow eggs and hollow bunnies....the smell of pastrami over-riding the sweetness of the chocolate... the magic of the easter bunny forever shattered by this tradition...little girl lost in the sliced meats and olives...wondering where the innocence had gone at 4 years old...
when my children were small, easter was a celebration of fun and searching for hidden treasures in spite of the dysfunction that surrounded them...the magic should never be taken away from children...they should dream, believe, and forever hope...
this easter, i am away from the man that i love and we both feel the sadness of longing...he is my easter bunny, my santa, my tooth fairy, my birthday party....he is magical and loving and hope springs eternal when we are together....
there will be no pastrami for dinner or hollow bunnies...my love is solid .....
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