A salute to Easter Bunnies

Would there be an Easter without women?

It can't be a holiday without some reflection on how women make it happen. Easter, the baby sister of the major holidays, is one with a manageable number of tasks but let's face it...there wouldn't be an Easter without us.

First of all, it was women who figured out the whole resurrection thing in the first place wasn't it? Do we really think men would have had the foresight and caring to return to a grave in contemplative silence and with the idea of further caring for the remains of someone they loved? Doubt it. Would men have raised the alert or just talked among themselves and kept it quiet. I'm thinking we owe alot to these women (gee, isn't that other big Christian holiday in December pretty much based on a woman who didn't need a man to make that one happen either?).

But on a much more frivolous note, let's take a moment to celebrate the Mom's...oops, I mean the bunnies...who are making it all happen this weekend. Let's look at it in terms of total time commitment. Certainly something everyone knows is a scarce world resource these days.

1. Dealing with the family drama over where to have Easter dinner (even if it's his family and not yours)...1-2 hours.
2. Deciding on the menu and who's bringing what...1-2 hours
3. Buying outfits for everyone for Spring and/or Easter Sunday...4-8 hours
4. Buying the food...1 hour
4. Prepping the Easter eggs for coloring and actually coloring them...2 hours
5. Explaining the Easter story to the kids...1 hour at least three times...total 3 hours, add an hour for explaining why their friend next door who is Muslim isn't hunting eggs with them. (Add an extra hour for texting to your girlfriend to see if you got it right.)
6. Cleaning for the guests to come. Even if it's not at your house you feel like the house should be cleaned for the holiday...2 hours
7. Figuring out what to have in the Easter baskets, buying the stuff, trying to make it look cool...4 hours.
8. Sending cards to elderly aunts...30 minutes, but hey we're counting it because it's so cool you thought of that.
9. Easter Sunday churching, cooking, cleaning up, socializing with people you only see on holidays...8 hours (at least)
10. Actually focusing on what Easter might mean to you...10 minutes before you fall asleep.

OK Easter bunnies, congratulate yourselves. Somehow this week you found at least thirty hours of extra time just so everyone could say they had a happy Easter. Take five minutes and pat yourself on the back. If no one said thank you to you today, I will. You're the best bunnies I know!

So...Easter reminds us that Womenzwerk is never done. Does anyone really think men could keep holidays going without us?