Woman missed her late grandma's silly Easter games — until her husband handed her bunny ears: 'Surprise'

Holidays carry their own kind of magic, but that magic often depends on who you share them with. When the people you once celebrated these holidays with are no longer around, they never quite feel the same. What once brought excitement can start to feel like just another day — until someone gives you a reason to celebrate again. For Reddit user u/seriphae, that reason was given by her husband, who brought Easter back into her life in the most unexpected way. In her post, she shared that ever since her grandparents passed, Easter had simply stopped.

She wrote in the post, "You don’t just miss them. You miss the silly little traditions you thought would always be there." That changed one morning when her husband handed her a pair of bunny ears and said, "There’s a surprise in the backyard." What she found was a carefully planned egg hunt with plastic eggs hidden in trees, jars, and perched on feeders — all placed in the kind of spots her grandmother used to choose. Wearing bunny ears and holding a bag, she wandered the yard collecting eggs and memories at the same time — her husband had recreated the spirit of her childhood Easters with one simple gesture. The post resonated with a lot of people, and they couldn't help but be moved by the thoughtfulness in his love for her.

u/Jadesnuggless wrote, "That’s so sweet! It’s the little things that keep their memory alive." u/triskat35 said, "A delightful surprise! Your thoughtful husband and you have revived a loved tradition. I hope you both have a happy Easter!" u/Emax2U chimed in, "I commented on another post earlier today calling someone’s boyfriend a moron. This is the opposite. Your husband is the man, frankly." u/dr_drEnt added, "Sounds like next year it’s YOUR turn to continue on Gramma’s tradition to keep it alive. The torch has been passed to you!!" u/atbrandileezebra penned, "This made me bawl. Wowza, what an amazing human. So kind and thoughtful. He’s making sure your grandma’s traditions stay alive. I hope y’all have the best Easter." Some shared their own memories of what it was like celebrating holidays with their loved ones.

u/CheezeLoueez08 recalled, "That’s so sweet. And since my mom died, it’s how I feel, too. I keep up the Easter basket for my kids (20,16,13) still, but other than that, I can’t enjoy it." u/cturtl808 said, "I feel this in my soul. The empty seat at the head of the table where Dad always was. I can’t do holidays anymore. They’re just too painful." u/Forsaken_Marzipan536 noted, "Easter was my grandpa’s favorite holiday. His egg hunts were epic! Everyone had ONE egg with their name on it, even the adults played. It was a riot." u/evergrowingivy reminisced about the time after their grandmother passed away, writing, "This is so lovely. My aunt did a nighttime egg hunt for my adult cousins and me. She and her husband put glowsticks in the eggs so we could find them. We were running around in the dark searching for eggs in February... It was a sad time and honestly very hard. I haven't been back since, and I miss them."