Sometimes, as I’m sure we all do, I wonder/worry about whether my children will accept the traditions my husband and I have tried to impart to them and continue them in their own household. When it comes to religious traditions, my children-- as my brother, sister, and I did-- loudly raise their objections. I hear annually, “Do we have to go both days to temple for Rosh Hashanah?” and, “Do we really have to wait for sundown to eat on Yom Kippur, and, my personal favorite, “Seriously, no bagels for the whole eight days of Passover, how about wraps?”

Last week, my husband and I finished our food shopping for Passover. There was a tremendous amount of groceries as we host both Seders, for his extended family and mine. As my twenty-three daughter, Calli, was helping us unpack the grocery bags, it became apparent that she was searching for something specific. When I questioned her about her search, her response was, “I’m looking for the lollicones [small chocolate lollipops]. We never have Passover without them. And I don't see the eggs for the hard boiled eggs.”

When I showed her the five boxes of lollicones that were in the bag I was unpacking and the four dozen eggs that were in another bag she smiled. So did I, on both the outside and the inside.

What are your traditions? Happy Passover and Easter Gotham!!!