Happy Easter! Yesterday was to be a quiet day at home but our children had a different idea. They wanted to color Easter eggs. We have a 20 year old daughter, a 17 year old daughter, and an 11 year old son and for the last couple of years we didn't color eggs because we were traveling. But, the kids persisted and we decided that an afternoon egg coloring session would be fun. We ran to the store, bought 5 dozen eggs and got to work. The girls invited their boyfriends and we had a great time.
This picture of the kids and their friends says it all. Fun and color...what a great combination.
In this picture the kids had to get goofy. Pretty funny.
Anyhow, we had a great time playing in color and we had a wonderful afternoon. On reflection I was really surprised that the kids wanted to spend their free time doing something as seemingly juvenile as coloring eggs, but then it made sense. One of the things that gives us an anchor are the traditions that we experience with our family. These traditions give us a link to our past and connect us to the very people that will comprise our lives. Therefore, it wasn't necessarily that our children wanted to color eggs, but they wanted to bond with each other. It is the renewal of these bonds that give us strength to get through the ups and downs of daily life.
May you all have a Blessed Easter and may the traditions of the holidays link your family together.
Paul
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ReplyDeleteLoved reading about your happy times. Have you ever dyed eggs with onion skins from small onions, enclose skins around egg with cotton t-shirt squares, twisty at top, set in water and bring to boil...turn off and let set 15 mins. What a surprise you will have when you remove wrappings! Have fun. Kathy Knauf
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