Happy Easter

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Easter.  Easter is celebrated by everyone in many different ways.  Generally, Easter is a religious holiday where families attend church services to "celebrate" and remember Jesus's sacrifice. 

For my family, Easter is a commercial holiday.  I grew up in the Church of Christ, which does not celebrate Easter as a religious holiday.  The belief is that since The Bible does not give a specific date of death, we are to "celebrate" and remember the event every day of the year.  The Church of Christ does not celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday either. 

Regardless of whether or not you celebrate today as a religious or commercial holiday, most families are celebrating the day together.  When I was younger, we awoke to see what the Easter Bunny had left during his visit.  I always had a new Easter dress (and sometimes Easter hat), and attended church services with my family (like I did every Sunday).  What made Easter so special was that everyone went to my Grandma and Grandpap Morgan's after church for dinner. 

It is days like today that I miss my family the most and wish that I lived closer to "home".  As you get older, the Easter dresses, hats, and candy baskets from the Easter Bunny become less important.  What never becomes less important is what family means to you.  I cherish the memories of my childhood and all the great times my family spent at Grandma and Grandpap Morgan's house. 

However you choose to celebrate the day, be sure to make some great memories.  They will be there to light up even the grayest of days.