Nova, Adelina, Finbar, Maya
Amanda sent this picture yesterday. She takes care of the kids on Fridays, and they decorated Easter eggs after the big girls got home from school. Looks super fun and super messy.
I got out my little old collection of eggs and bunnies. I always clean the windows inside and out before Easter. That's my Easter tradition. Easter this year falls on April 16th and I hope it stops raining by then.
Other Easter customs are more ancient. Eggs were once forbidden during Lent, and so symbolized new life at Easter. The Easter bunny might recall the hare, an Egyptian symbol of fertility. The origin of the word Easter is unclear, but might be derived from the Anglo-Saxon dawn goddess Eostre, whose feast was celebrated in the spring. But it doesn't really matter. Wonderful Easter will always represent the triumph of good over evil, sin, death, and the physical body.
See the land, her Easter keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snows.
Earth with heaven above rejoices...
~Charles Kingsley
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