When Mommies are magic

This is probably the last year I get to really play the Easter Bunny; Charlie's almost nine, and that's usually when the magic starts to fade. But not today. Today Charlie has been practically having kittens, he's so excited, mostly because he's sure the Easter Bunny is going to get him the "Speedy Eggbert" computer game.* Before he went to bed he said to me, "The Easter Bunny is magic and can hear what you say."

I thought of that as I was admiring my handiwork in filling the basket. I really enjoy setting it up 'just right', and as I looked at it, it felt, just for a moment, like magic, because when Charlie comes downstairs in the morning and sees it, to him it will have been left there by magic.

It is such a wonderous thing, when a child still believes in things that we cynical grown-ups don't. That there is justice in the world, that it's okay to have a 'do-over', that rabbits grant wishes. I'll miss that when it's gone.

But tonight I am the Easter Bunny, and the magic will continue for a little while longer.

*The Easter Bunny did. Carrying on a tradition started by my mother, my son will get, in addition to WAY too much chocolate, one small gift. This game is what he's been asking for.

When Mommies are magic

This is probably the last year I get to really play the Easter Bunny; Charlie's almost nine, and that's usually when the magic starts to fade. But not today. Today Charlie has been practically having kittens, he's so excited, mostly because he's sure the Easter Bunny is going to get him the "Speedy Eggbert" computer game.* Before he went to bed he said to me, "The Easter Bunny is magic and can hear what you say."

I thought of that as I was admiring my handiwork in filling the basket. I really enjoy setting it up 'just right', and as I looked at it, it felt, just for a moment, like magic, because when Charlie comes downstairs in the morning and sees it, to him it will have been left there by magic.

It is such a wonderous thing, when a child still believes in things that we cynical grown-ups don't. That there is justice in the world, that it's okay to have a 'do-over', that rabbits grant wishes. I'll miss that when it's gone.

But tonight I am the Easter Bunny, and the magic will continue for a little while longer.

*The Easter Bunny did. Carrying on a tradition started by my mother, my son will get, in addition to WAY too much chocolate, one small gift. This game is what he's been asking for.