Growing up in a small Illinois farming town in the late 1950s, there wasn't a lot of big-time entertainment to be had. Throughout the year, holidays were anxiously anticipated as a time to let go and have some fun. Easter was always special, dressing in our finest to attend church services with our family and then coming home to find what the Easter bunny had left for us.
When I was 4 years old, my birthday happened to fall on Easter Sunday. That year, much to my surprise,
