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Carol Perkins: Purple Chicks Previous Column: Happy Birthday Mama By Carol Perkins Easter is the last Sunday of March, and signs of the season begin with the blooming of buttercups and hyacinths. My mother has the old-fashioned kind of hyacinths that have a wonderful aroma. Mine do not. I have a bouquet of hers on my kitchen window seal, and the house smells like Easter. As I was planning my children's lesson for church last week, I thought about Easter eggs and their connection to the holiday. In ancient times, a new chick hatching symbolized a new beginning. That also explains why so many farm-type stores have an abundance of pretty little chicks under warm lights around this time, hoping to send one home with a begging child. Not so long ago, these chicks were spring colors for Easter. Guy remembers taking home a purple one that died the next day. We won't see any dyed baby chicks nowadays. The eggs we hunted in the 50s were dyed the night before and, by the next day, smelled like sulfur. My children were introduced to egg dying, but soon the trend turned to plastic ones, and the hunt became competitive, not for the prize egg but for the coins inside that a grandpa likely put there before he hid them. The children would knock each other over to find the most money (eggs). This reminded me of one of Aesop's fables about the golden goose that laid the golden egg. The owner made a fortune selling the golden egg each day and decided that he wanted more than one. He killed the goose to get the other golden eggs inside, only to find none. (He must not have been a farmer.) He lost his prize goose and his future wealth. This story is far too graphic for little kids. I'll stick to the new beginning and how the return of Jesus gave us all a new beginning. I may even throw in a few eggs with candy inside and a pretty little yellow chick! You can contact Carol at carolperkins06@gmail.com. This story was posted on 2024-03-09 07:35:57
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