Exactly fifty-seven years ago, today, April 18, 1965, I was given my first chocolate Easter bunny by my great-grandfather, John William Garrett Clary, commonly known as Garrett, or his familiar nickname in Elwood, Indiana, “Skinny.”

Grandpa Garrett, as you can see from the photograph, was delighted with the messy outcome.

I was fortunate to know Grandpa Garrett for thirty-three years. He was fun, energetic, and not at all like an “old great-grandpa.”