A day to celebrate a Risen Savior. A day for traditions and family.
Growing up we went to church on Sabbath and celebrated the resurrection but didn't do the worldly Easter bunny and Easter egg hunts and such. My maternal gramma would still send things to us from the Easter bunny. The first holiday after we had Leo we were in California close to my Gramma Shaw who was going through chemo. I drove over and picked her up so she could spend the weekend with us. We went to the grocery store and they had little egg shaped cakes that she liked and wanted to get for Leo. So we got them for the meal on Sunday. It was such a special weekend about to share both parts with our family. At the time we didn't know it but it would be her last Easter. I truly feel blessed to be able to spend it with her. When Leo was three, we started doing "Resurrection Rolls" to teach the kids about Jesus death and resurrection and the empty tomb. The boys look forward to them all year and now they are passing on the tradition to the girls. It was so heartwarming to hear Leo read the story to them this morning and them to tell them about the elements of the rolls. My prayer is that this time and memories stay with them and in their hearts their whole life. Our focus for the weekend is more Christ centered and less on the secular, but the candy is fun too.
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