1. Dying Easter eggs the day before Easter Sunday.
2. Decorating Easter baskets with pink or green celephane "straw" and Reese's Peanut Butter Cup "eggs" and Peeps and jelly beans.
3. Going to church wearing my new Easter dress, white shoes, white lace socks, and a frilly white hat. In the South, that's what little girls wore.
4. Singing more songs than usual in church.
5. Greeting everyone after services then rushing home to help put Easter dinner on the table.
6. Easter dinner: baked ham covered with pineapple rings and a brown sugar glaze that makes my mouth water as I write this.
7. Baked sweet potatoes, green beans, salad, and potato salad too. No desserts because we were allowed to eat our Easter candy as dessert.
8. Running around the backyard in an Easter egg hunt. We had to be quick or the dog would get to the eggs before we found them.
9. Eating so much Easter candy that we were nearly sick and didn't want any candy for many weeks thereafter.
TAKEAWAY TRUTH
I loved everything about Easter—Sunday School, church service, happy days full of laughter and fun. Oh, to be six again and carefree.
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