The Last Easter Egg
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Best Mom Ever!
By Anna Sofia Kendall

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
~Sophia Loren

My parents and I were in Florida during my dad’s spring break from teaching middle school. It was the first Easter we had ever spent away from home. As an anxious four-year-old, I had asked my mom several times if the Easter Bunny would be able to find us. She assured me there would be eggs — and that the Easter Bunny would fully understand why we didn’t leave him any carrots.

On Easter morning, my parents and I discovered that the Easter Bunny had visited overnight and left eggs on the hotel’s main lawn for all the kids. As we walked toward the group of adults and kids waiting for instructions, I began sizing up the competition. All of the kids were much bigger than me. It wasn’t looking good. (Keep reading)