The sky was very dramatic last night before I went to bed. I think the refection is from a night light inside – but doesn’t it look like a slight rainbow on the left? It made you stop and think – Could Jesus return on the celebration of His resurrection?
It was great to see a full church this morning! And I appreciated the white cloth on the cross, replacing Friday night’s purple one. He is risen! JJ & Max (my Sunday School boys) were dressed alike in their sports coats – and it helped that there were flecks of purple! I usually have two or three but today I had five, and the two visitors were JJ & Max’s cousins. Josie wasn’t quite three, and I had forgotten how much that year and a half difference makes. We had to make adjustments to our ‘program’, but they were all so cute! When I told about Mary crying because she thought they took Jesus away, Josie dramatically began to cry, rubbing her eyes… But no real tears. She is certainly not shy!
First order of business was to put the ham in the oven. Slow cooking it makes it juicy and tender. I just did one task at a time until everyone showed up, about 2:15 or so. All the food was wonderful. A bonus was Jen’s veggie pizza and also her ‘famous’ ranch dip with Wavy chips. Yum. I’m really not supposed to be eating crunchy foods but I was very careful to eat on the left side and chew completely! After lunch the kids opened their treats; Jen and Chrissy were coloring on the floor (Chrissy got a nice art book for Easter from her Mom), Chase & Logan were playing video games (big surprise there!), and the rest were sitting around talking and watching TV. My cup of blessings is running over. Autmn’s boyfriend Shawn is very nice and I enjoyed having him here. As usual, I forgot to take pictures! But here are two. Autmn’s friend Alex’s grandmother sent over a HUGE tray of cookies, so we didn’t scrimp on dessert, for sure!
Just a side note: I heard a local DJ say on the radio yesterday that it was National Bean Counter Day – and she said to thank your local barista! I don’t THINK so! Do YOU know what a bean counter is????
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April 17 – When you played make-believe, what did you pretend? “I always wanted to be a dancer, on stage, to entertain people. I saw a dancer, named Liz-Tiz, at the Dayton Fair & tried to dance like she did. This was 1939 or 1940.”
Yesterday’s vacation destination was the current day Switzerland. The picture was an alpine village in the winter. Here are more enticing pictures of Switzerland.
The inspiration today is not on a calendar page. It’s the love of the Father, to give His Son, and the love of the Son, to give His life, and our love in accepting that great sacrifice. Happy Easter!
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TOMORROW April 18th:
” Animal crackers in my soup
Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop
Gosh oh gee but I have fun
Swallowing animals one by one.” Another favorite Shirley Temple movie!!!
Have a great week – Hope your Easter was Egg-stra special! God bless.
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