Happy Easter Season to everyone. There are so many super things to enjoy about Easter and the Octave; one of these things being the Divine Mercy Novena. The candy is always nice to enjoy too, but at a minimum. I had a few too many Starburst Jelly Beans last night. I think I will hold off on those until next Easter, or the Easter after.
We've had a super Easter with Caleb's family, and time with family always goes way to fast, but it reminds me to just enjoy the moment and not worry about what is to come. Every moment is fleeting, and all we have is the present. Needless to say, we had a ball with all of the activities that went on as a family. From cooking with Miriam and Mary Theresa, sitting around the breakfast table in the early morning when Beeba got home from work, sledding down the awesome hill at Ford Field, singing and as a family while Beeba, Miriam and Mary Theresa played guitar and while the little ones danced around, watching Enchanted together and listening to Miriam squeal as the rats and roaches poured forth from the drains in the movie, praying together as a family, celebrating Meema's birthday on Easter Sunday, or being able to converse one-on-one with family members, we loved every moment. Family time helps renew our faith in so many ways, because we're constantly learning from one another's imperfections and growths, and amid them all, we are learning to grow more together. After being away from family for a while and never really foreseeing a time when we will ever be in one place with both sides of our families, it makes me give thanks for the times that we do have together, and to encourage others to make stronger bonds with the family members that are near them rather than take them for granted or be too busy to interact with them. It's human nature though to want what we do not have and to become complacent with the staus quo, but every now and then, it helps to be uprooted and planted elsewhere in our own little worlds so as to enjoy and experience the riches God has planted in the hearts of those closest too us--our family.
