a day of celebration
Life changes.
Sometimes gradually.
But more often, in a blink of an eye.
Our routines adjust.
But our values always remain grounded.
You wake up one morning and decide that a cup of coffee accompanied by a morning prayer is far more applicable to life than an Easter basket full of candy.
You embrace a new congregation with close friends even though your comfort lies within a pew.
You appreciate your best friend taking the time to feed a village a savory ham when the only other recipe you know is that of your mothers.
You make Easter baskets for young kids secretly hoping one day that it will be given to your own child.
You giggle with your friends over a large feast while you witness the glow from life’s simple pleasures, blowing bubbles.
Life changes.
But it will always be celebrated.
Happy Easter.
I loved spending Easter Sunday with you and Bret! Thank you so much for Chance's Easter basket, for helping me with dinner, and for making me feel like we have family in town on the holidays!
Yesterday was definitely an upgrade from last Easter in my book 😉 Ha!
Now we still just need to work on finding a church, possibly one without Brady dancing and banners 🙂
Lauren:
What a lovely Easter day. Food, village people, and candy, yeah! Oh, and of course, church :-). We had Easter ham from McGonigle's – spiral cut and smoked – delish. Then, we played Old Testament trivia. Do you know how many plagues there where in Egypt? Can you name them in order? Who was Moses' brother? No, we didn't have to drink a shot if we didn't know the answer. Jordan claims Jesus had a brother named Jeff! We missed you guys.
Love,
Dad
Listy – It was a fantastic day! And yes to a new church. What was up with the pitch the tent comment from the pastor? Yikes.
Dad – Mr. B and I missed you guys! Glad you had a wonderful day. Can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks! And please save some trivia for me. K? Thanks!
Beautiful post! Makes me feel good inside. I am so happy you have your Denver village to bring you so much joy and celebration.
We missed you though! Love, Moomers
What a sweet post…I confess I haven't been by your blog in awhile, and it is SO much fun to look over your recent posts. I am marking you to check more often now! 🙂
ANd what fun we have–Salad week this week! My first “linky” with everyone! 😉
ALoha and happy spring!
I hope that you had a blessed Easter, lady.
p.s. I really hope that your snap was of outside church. I LOVED when we used to go to outside church. So fun!
What a poignant post, Lauren! *Love* it. Glad to hear you had such a fun & wonderful Easter.