Easter Childhood Memories

When I was a child, Easter Sunday meant:

• New clothes from the skin out
  
• Lots of flowers
  
• Everyone went to church
  
• At least three Easter baskets
  
• The Easter eggs we had colored at my house and Aunt Alma's house
  
• Easter egg hunts in my Aunt Lill's and Alma's yards
  
• Big dinners with my aunts and uncles
  
• Afternoon naps
  
• An annual walk with my Aunt Dot from my Aunt Lill's house to the tomb of President Zackery Taylor
  
• Lots of frozen candy in refrigerators for months to come
  

I don't know what Easter means to kids today, but underneath it all is:

He is risen indeed!!!

Let us go into the world in peace,

declaring the praises of God

who has called us out of darkness

into wondrous light.

May the God of hope

fill you with all the joy and peace of believing,

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit

you may abound in hope,

through the grace of Jesus Christ.

Amen.