Blue Bonnet

Dedicated to the One Who Taught Me How to Love

by Recital Vinylist

She is risen
She has risen indeed..
And giveth to her body those small favors that allow her to be comfortable in her own skin..
the lemon..the tea…the prozac
the ritual warm washcloth to soothe the brow
So that she may make everyone else’s skin comfortable..
bellies fed, arguments defused.
She spits on her finger to wipe away the smudge from the face
of a child otherwise perfect in the little Sunday clothes.
Bonnets tied neatly at the chin
Clip-on ties straightened, shoes shined…
Till the sweat on her brow returns again.
She is mom.
She is every woman
She is you.
And she does not complain..

"He is Risen!"
"He is Risen Indeed!
"Hi Mom!"
How this joyous day finds me somehow forlorn
not to share these glad tidings with her
after decades of ritual.
Who will make the Easter basket appear at the foot of my bed,so that I may continue to believe for one more year?
Where is my fli-bak paddle?
Why now do I suddenly crave the urge to ransack the backyard
to find the eggs she could not hide for me this time?
I thought I had forgotten.
I look in the mirror, perplexed.
And on my face…a smudge..

She is risen..
She is risen indeed..
And sitteth on the right hand of her father
And on the left hand of my father..
She is in love’s care.
Whole..happy..perfect..like the children she raised
Her eyes dancing with glee
as she watches ‘The Bells of St. Mary’s’ for the last time..
and for eternity
I look into heaven and wave…she waves back.
The legacy of love..
This Woman’s Work.

Just beautiful.

You are a good son.

Seeing as its Easter Sunday, those who sport a new easter bonnet I don’t care where? Will receive as a prize, ten points and tickets to the Fem anti-Fem special and equal forum, to take place this summer at an as of yet undisclosed location.

is it going to be a no holds bared death match? Cause i have a feeling that would happen

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin’ down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Easter’s on its way
Bringin’ ev’ry girl and boy
A basketful of Easter joy
Things to make your Easter
Bright and gay
He’s got jelly beans for Tommy
Colored eggs for sister Sue
There’s an orchid for your mommy
And an Easter bonnet too. Oh!
Here’ comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin’ down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity
Happy Easter Day
Look at him hop and listen to him say,
"Try to do the things you should"
Maybe if you’re extra good
He’ll roll lots of Easter eggs your way
You’ll wake up on Easter morning
And you’ll know that he was there
When you find those choc’late bunnies
That he’s hiding ev’rywhere, Oh!
Here’ comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin’ down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity
Happy Easter Day.
thanks all for replying.
report what you have to report searching for holiday was a long trip for me, it is a current event sort of cuz Easter is on it’s way,

I hope I brought joy to you, all.

wow u must really like easter.

Happy Easter to u too.

This is kind of a follow up to the article of clothing you hated the most. I was a tom boy growing up and I remember one Easter having to wear the most frilly yellow Easter dress and petticoat and bonnet. Oh how my twin brother teased me!
Haha! I would have paid dearly to see him have to wear that outfit, but never got the chance!

My grandmother made me one of those frilly dresses with a petticoat. I only wore it a couple times and that was just for my grandmother. I hated it. My brother would call it my sissy dress. It certainly was a sissy dress.

I got my revenge. One year my mother added a white pinafore and dressed my brother as Alice in Wonderland for Halloween. He also wore a long blond wig and a hair bow. He was such a cute Alice. I told him that he looked better in the dress than I did.

I think you’re thinking of Irving Berlin’s Easter Parade. See lyrics in link.

i have had a quick look on a few sites, but there all hats with flowers stuck to them.
i`m far from artistic, but would still like something more suiting for my cheeky fella, please any designs greatly recieved.

quite simply decorate a baseball cap with the chicks and mini eggs all the boys in my little girls school wear them and they are a big hit.
good luck…

Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket
Walk softly and carry a big carrot
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears
There’s no such thing as too much candy
All work and no play can make you a basket case
A cute little tail attracts a lot of attention
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day
Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits
Some body parts should be floppy
Keep your paws off other people’s jellybeans
Good things come in small sugarcoated packages
The grass is always greener in someone else’s basket
An Easter bonnet can tame even the wildest hare
To show your true colors you have to come out of your shell
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey

Keep your paws off other people’s jellybeans.

lmao, luff it.

I am looking for the name of a movie (cartoon) i saw as a child that is about a little girl that wants more than anything to go to an easter parade, and i believe she gets an easter bonnet. Somewhere in the movie she gets scarlett fever. i’m not sure what else happens. it would have been in the late 80’s or early 90’s.

it was i believe produced directly for video.
and i know it’s not the veleventeen rabbit.
thanks, but it wasn’t any of those.

I know this move was produced between the late 1980’s (like 1989) and early 1990’s and was a direct to video release.

They have 2 pages of Easter DVD movies at Target, maybe it’s one of these: http://www.target.com/b/ref=in_se_pagelist/189-8493032-3007713?ie=UTF8&node=1084454&pricerange=&index=dvd&field-browse=1084454&rank=pmrank&viewID=leaf&field-pricebin=&store=DVD&rh=&page=1&fromBrowse=1

some animated, some live actors…

Our school had this cardboard cut out of a bunny and all the kids would chase round looking for him as he popped his head out of the windows. Whoever caught the bunny got a big chocolate egg.

We also used to have an Easter Bonnet Parade where the one with the best bonnet would win. Did you have this?
There was this girl that always won the Bonnet Parade every year, her name was Carrie, and she only won because her mum used to buy the hats! We were actually supposed to make them and not buy them. I really hated her. I did win once, I made a punk style top hat and the teachers loved it (I must have looked weird – I was only 6 and I looked like a mad punk/goth nobleman – I wore a tailcoat with it too).

Hahahaha.. we had an easter hat parade too….. i was soo close to winning one year but.. CHLOE, who got her mum to make her hat, won. Injustice!!!

Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.
Walk softly and carry a big carrot.
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.
There’s no such thing as too much candy.
All work and no play can make you a basket case.
A cute little tail attracts a lot of attention.
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day.
Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.
Some body parts should be floppy.
Keep your paws off other people’s jellybeans.
The grass is always greener in someone else’s basket.
An Easter bonnet can tame even the wildest hare.
To show your true colors you have to come out of your shell.
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey!
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So, enjoy the Easter holiday this weekend. Find your Easter eggs and enjoy all the chocolate. We will not be experiencing such an early Easter again in our lifetime……Happy Easter everyone……… Skycat…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That’s so nice!!!
Have a wonderful Easter Skycat!!
I think you make a lot of people here smile