Hope

I am like Jean in that Good Friday is always rather sad....but the joy and hope that comes with Easter quickly moves me past that. This year I am so excited to have my whole family coming for Easter....each year we do an Easter egg hunt for all the little ones, but this year is special because we have 4 new grandbabies that will experience easter at Grandmas. This will be the first time since Brynn and Hailey were born that we will all be together, the anticpation of them getting to meet their cousins on such a special day is wonderful, the down side is that I have decided that now would be a great time to get a cold, please pray that it will clear quickly, because if I am sick, the babies will not be able to come. I know this may sound a little selfish, but I have been looking forward to this for some time.
As to how have we spent Easter in the past, I remember as a child that I would get new shoes, dress and hat, yes I wore a lovely spring hat to church for Easter Sunday. I remember one Sunday, I became quite tired during the service and proceeded to fall asleep, thus my head fell back, and you guessed it the hat ended up in the row behind us. As I had children, I always used Easter as a time to dress my children in their sunday finest....and of course a new outfit for myself was sometimes in the offing. I have to say that it doesn't seem so important anymore to get something new for spring, maybe I am finely getting smarter and realizing the most important part of Easter, is God's love for me and the family he has so richly blessed me with.
I pray that all of you will experience the warmth of love of our Savior this weekend.
P.S. Have fun making memories with your families as well.

Marilyn