On Easter my family decorates eggs, like most other homes in America. However, ours are slightly different.
Since I can remember, egg decorating has been a huge tradition. My mother would go out and by the average egg dying kit for me and my sister. However, my grandmother always would decorate her eggs the way she was taught by her mother.
She would take the outside layer of white onions, the orange outside peel, and place them into hot water on a stove with a handful of eggs. She would let them boil for a long as she could and when they came out they could come out looking like this...
They were nice, bright, and an orange-reddish color. They would always standout compared to my sister and I’s colorful, vibrant, and sticker covered Easter eggs.
Not until this Easter did I realize how much these eggs are most then just eggs, they’re tradition. my grandmother passed away almost 11 years ago. Since she has passed away, my grandfather would make the traditional onion eggs. But this year my mom made them.
This small gesture made me smile. It was like my grandmother had never left. I know I will pass this tradition onto my children so she will always be remembered.
