Easter is here what
does Easter mean to you? To me over the years it has meant different things.
Christmas has in general meant the same but Easter? Well I think because it is
on a different day each year makes it hard to stick with some kind of belief.
So Jesus was born on December the 25th, and Easter he rose from the
dead. But surely it should be on a particular date? Not just any date that
suits.
How is the date of Easter determined and why does it change
every year between March 22nd and April 25? I believe it has
something to do with the Jewish Passover. Jesus’s resurrection happened after
the Passover so followers wanted Easter to happen after that celebration. It
also has something to do with the paschal full moon and the lunar calendar is
also involved. I’m no expert on this subject but roughly that is how Easter
changes. This is why I can’t get quite as religious as I could at Christmas.
Listen to me? I am not religious. Not at all. I have a
belief but it’s not the norm and I wouldn’t say I was religious. I really wish
we had one religion which was, or is a way of life rather than praying to
something we don’t know about really, we can have our beliefs but none of us
know. If weal had one belief and all prayed to our maker rather than give he, she,
it, a name, and just had beautiful buildings to do this in and all came
together. What an ideal world?
All this blowing yourselves up and other people you don’t
even know? Some of them could be your religion you are murdering, and not to
give your children blood if they are dying? To believe that you are a sinner if
you don’t believe in one kind of God? And so on. Why can’t we all just live as
brothers and sisters and laugh be happy and kind? Why?
Anyway moving off religion and back to what Easter means to
you other than the religious aspect? As a child, my brother and I used to get
lovely huu’uu’uuge Easter eggs. They were always so beautiful. I loved most of all
the baskets with a giant egg in. I loved school making Easter bonnets and so
on. Only part of our cruel boarding school I did like. And it meant a long
holiday home from nasty sleepover school. It was always sunny too and my Mum
used to make hard boiled eggs with onion peal. I still do that for teen.
When I had my Son, we used to take him to lovely events at
Easter. In Northumberland my ex and I would go to a grand hall where the
gardens would have wonderful crafts on.
I would hide eggs for teen to find and buy bunny rabbits to
place for clues for him to find them. I would hide them in the house and garden
as Easter used to always appear so warm.
Daffodils I loved. And still do I think they are my most
favourite flower.
When we went to the US with our friends, our lovely host
made us huge Easter baskets. Gosh that was an amazing time.
So family time. All come together. Well our family is tiny
now but at some point during this Easter Hub and I will be seeing our family
and I have bought lots of goodies to eat. But today was wonderful. A knock on
the door. Hub answered it. It was our lovely friend Val. How very kind and how
touched I was she brought a beautiful cake and two palm crosses. I have never
seen those and Hub said he has not seen them since he was tiny. They are in my
window now. Representing what? Our maker that’s who. As I do believe that Jesus
is our maker only not what was said in the bible. I believe he was from another
planet for sure and we killed him as he was different just as we would today if
a space craft came to earth. We never learn.
Easter to me is happy children spending time with families
making fun stuff? Going to church just to get some kind of community guidance.
Just to put you on the right road. A road which won’t block out your mind of
openness. What Val did today for us was an act of pure kindness that I will
never forget. So again, a neighbour or friend you have not seen for ages, pop
in with some kind of egg? Or daffodils? Hot cross buns? A cake anything just to
say happy Easter. And happy Easter to you. X
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