Carolyn Holm

Dear Mommy,
I want this little suitcase!!!!!!!
Love, Mia

Dear Mia,
It’s perfect for you, isn’t it! Except that you don’t need a suitcase. You don’t go anywhere.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,
Did this come from the Scary Bunny?
Love, Mia

Dear Mia,
The what?
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,
Back when Molly was still alive, she told us that there was a giant Bunny that came around every spring at about this time, bringing candy for kids. In cute little baskets and tins. And hiding eggs. That all sounds very nice but the bunny sounds scary.
Love, Mia

Dear Mia,
It’s not scary. It’s a nice tradition. Since ancient pagan times people have recognized that rabbits and eggs were all about spring and fertility. When we had chickens, they stopped laying over the winter, and started up again about this time. That made their eggs even more special and a real sign of spring!
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,
Molly was very concerned about this giant rabbit. She didn’t like that tradition at all.
Love, Mia

Dear Mia,
She regarded the whole thing as a security risk. 
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,
A rabbit is a security risk???????
Love, Mia

Dear Mia,
She didn’t like the idea of a sneaky nighttime invasion by an over-sized mammal. Molly was a terrier. Terriers take security very seriously.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Mommy,
Now I’m worried! Is this giant pagan rabbit going to invade us? 
Love, Mia

Dear Mia,
Probably not. The bunny just delivers candy to houses with little kids. But if it shows up, Poppy will bark at it. We’ll be fine.
Love, Carolyn

If you want to get this weekly blog delivered every Friday to your In Box, it’s easy to subscribe: scroll up to the top of the blog page, enter your email address in the subscription box on the right, and click the subscribe button. If you are reading this in an email, go to blog.carolynholm.comto find the subscription box. (And if you’ve already subscribed, multiple paws are raised to salute you!)