Easter 2020

I hope everyone was able to find peace and comfort on this Resurrection Sunday.

Easter felt a bit different this year but we rejoiced that the Lord is risen.   We may be in the midst of an uncertain and confusing time but God's promise remains the same.  In years past my mother-in-law would join us for our church service and my parents came over for ham dinner.  Sometimes my mother-in-law would join too and sometimes my father-in-law and his wife would drop by.  This year the four of us stayed home and spent quality time together.  No visitors.  Just us.  I actually enjoyed it, to be honest.

The morning started as usual, with finding what the Easter Bunny brought.  This is actually a picture the bunny left near the baskets proving that he was here and it's good to see he was doing his part to stay safe.

They didn't get as much as they normally do so the bunny must have been in a rush.  That's okay, we still have candy leftover from Halloween.

It's all fun but we make sure to instill the belief in Jesus and that this holiday is about his resurrection.   We spent the morning streaming our church service online followed by another service for the kids.  Even though we stayed at home we all got dressed up as we normally would.  For the last several weeks I've been wearing leggings, no makeup and hair thrown up in a messy bun, so it felt good to put myself together again.

Then we watched Hop, played, went for a walk, and had a lot of time cuddling on the couch together.   I made the typical ham dinner and the kids wasted no time diving into the candy.

Even though we weren't with family we still chatted on the phone and over text messages.   I also enjoyed seeing pictures of some of my nieces and their kids on Facebook and Instagram.

Wishing a Happy 35th birthday to my beautiful niece Chrissy.  I remember being at the hospital the day she was born and all the times we played together as kids.

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On another note, I apologize that my posts seem to be a whirlwind of emotions, especially lately (I actually deleted the one from yesterday).   Welcome to my mind!  My old blogs would only consist of me talking about my day or a certain event that happened, nothing beyond that.  I'm thinking of going back to that simple way of writing and changing this up a bit, but before I move forward with this blog I'm going to take a tiny break.  Currently, I'm experiencing my own war with a silent enemy called Depression and it's nothing unfamiliar to me but I need to take time to heal and pull myself out.   I may go back to some private journaling in the process and take this time to stay busy and attempt to refocus.

Happy Easter, stay safe and healthy and hang in there!

Leaving you with a blast from the past: Easter 2012