A restoration of normalcy...
Due to the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions, my mother is no longer quarantined in-place at her assisted living facility. For the first time in over a year, we enjoyed having lunch at a restaurant to celebrate Easter. While off the bunny trail of our time-honored tradition to spend it with the family at large, the occasion was no less wonderful for us.
Also atypical, our menu picks veered away from a traditional ham dinner. My mother ordered roast turkey with all the trimmings. I’d already planned on the Texas burger, an 8 oz. Angus patty topped with Monterey jack cheese, bacon slices, onion rings and barbecue sauce, accompanied by a side of fries.
During our conversation, I’d mentioned how hard-pressed it was to find a single Easter bonnet at any of the church gatherings I had passed along the way to her place. Probably just as well, because those kids playing on the lawn didn’t have parental restrictions on roughhousing to spare their dress clothes of grass stains.
When my sister and I grew up during the Sixties, Easter Sunday was a “dress” occasion accessorized with patent leather shoes and matching purse, white gloves, bonnet, and corsage.
Speaking of which, I didn’t see any corsages along my travels.
Setting aside all of the frills and thrills, Easter symbolizes spiritual renewal and the restoration of life. Having cracked open our prefabricated, pandemic shells, my mother and I welcomed a restoration of normalcy off the bunny trail.
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Happy Easter.
Sandie
Here in the UK things back in the 60’s were pretty much the same...and there were
Easter Bonnet competitions at our kids schools...I’ve made a few of those...! And poems written about 5his wonderful time of year...
Everyone dressed up for Easter Sunday here also...new shoes, bonnet etc...it was so uplifting and lovely to see ...
Things change however,...the whole world over it seems...
I’m happy you got to have your meal with your Mother...as a sense of normalcy returns to our worlds...
Best wishes,
Diana...
You're correct. Fancy dress or bonnets only rarely seen,
most often on Lawrence Welk PBS reruns.
And I often have turkey with all the trimmings, because she buys turkeys cheap at Thanksgiving and I'm the only one eating turkey, sometimes 20 meals from a single turkey baked to perfection, not boiled in hot oil.
Yes, for Easter traditions, this one certainly has been different. And we are all just coming out of our pandemic bonds with vaccines becoming more readily available. Easter bonnets and corsages no longer in vogue, but still admired.
I suggest that you wait for the Queen to die. There will then be a surplus of bonnets on the market that you can buy enough to last the rest of your life, cheap. ;-)
Ron
A perfect reflection of Easter renewal.
Blessings.