Easter

It's probably a deep psychological problem that causes my procrastination. Either that, or my short-term memory loss. Sunday last week somebody mentioned it being Palm Sunday, which meant I had one week to figure out what we were doing for Easter. It took me a few days, and an emergency shopping trip with a friend [thank you Rebecca!] but we did celebrate Easter this year.

Thursday the kids and I drove to 3 or 4 stores [memory's blurred, shopping with kids does that to me]. We ended up with 4 clay pots from Target's dollar spot, 3 6-packs of flowers to put in the pots, some potting soil, a pair of gardener's gloves [mine are either packed or lost- same thing at this point], and several toys to put on Myles' grave. Some of the toys may look familiar to you, if you own a dog. The big blue pretzel, for example. Or maybe the wacky-looking grey squeaky dog toy. :)It's all good- my dogs and my kids are great at sharing toys.

The kids pulled tags off the toys while I potted the flowers. Into each pot I put a white alyssum, a not-blooming-yet-but-soon-will-be-yellow snapdragon, and a pink-n-white dianthus. [and I actually remembered all the names- wow] We put the flowers and the toys out, then placed flowers on my grandparents' grave, my great-grandparents' grave, and on Laura May's grave as well. It was a beautiful sunny day, perfect for planting flowers. The extra plants went into our front flower bed.

Friday, Rebecca and I went looking for Easter presents. I knew I wanted to get "Bohnanza" [it's a card game], but I was also looking for easter outfits, and some other last-minute supplies for dying eggs. We ended up at Walmart [home of the great deal], and here are my children in their outfits:

I love that, on Easter, we celebrate how Jesus Christ broke the bands of death, making it possible to live again. I love the reminder that death is not the end. I'm glad that God loves me enough to want me with him always. I am trying to enjoy my life right now, with all of the messiness that it includes.

Gratitude List:

* fudge :)
* friends who will buy fudge with me so I don't have to eat it alone.
* Easter
* Easter egg hunts [no pictures, but I was glad we did it]
* my daffodils are beautiful
* green grass
* meditation time makes me much more mellow
* feeling God's grace in my life
* this video: