Monday, March 24, 2008

I heart Easter


I love Easter. Some prefer Christmas with its evergreen hope of a Savior’s birth and myriad gifts from a guy a few days away from a massive coronary. My old roommate loved Halloween in its confront your fears via staring down goblins in paper masks simplicity. My mom loves Thanksgiving. She has always taught others to embrace gratitude as a route to happiness. But me, I love Easter.

And it’s not just because I’m guaranteed a whole basket of chocolates. Mmmmmm… or the only time of the year they sell Peeps, Cadbury eggs, and other candy most my age won’t touch unless they’re hoisting it on an unsuspecting child.

I love Easter because it’s the holiday for those who make mistakes. It doesn’t celebrate the newness of a birth; it celebrates coming back from the dead. Literal and metaphorical. I’ve died quite a few times metaphorically in my life, and, coincidently, those moments involved a LOT of chocolate and marshmellow-y candies, too. It’s waking up alone after losing the job you killed yourself to keep and driving down the 101 with a mug of really good hot chocolate and watching the sunrise not knowing what comes next, and not really caring, but knowing that you’re going to have to rise again at some point. And then managing to rise again somehow. It’s breaking up with the 6th boyfriend with whom you’ve planned an imaginary wedding/life in your head and somehow finding hope again. It’s the rally. It’s the re-birth. The divine do-over. And it comes with chocolate.

I love Easter.

I love Jesus Christ.

I had a lovely Easter yesterday. It involved beautiful music, people I love, tons of chocolate, a snuffleupagus, and even a round of ocean-viewed sunset croquet.

I hope your Easter was just as nice.

6 comments:

crazy4danes said...

I loved your Easter post! You have such a positive attitude on life and I just love that!

I'm glad I stopped by your blog today...I really needed to hear that!

crazy4danes said...

I loved your Easter post! You have such a positive attitude on life and I just love that!

I'm glad I stopped by your blog today...I really needed to hear that!

crazy4danes said...

LOL didn't mean to double post...I just wanted to add how great your post was on Jeff...I really loved that guy...anyways I hope you have a great weekend! Luvs :)

Holly said...

What a fun post! Love it! Easter is such a fun holiday! So...referring to your I've died quite a few times" comment... I remember sitting in seminary one day wondering where in the world Kyle was...and hearing that you guys had been in an accident and your jeep "rolled". Thank goodness for the rolling bars on your car! Scared me so bad! Didn't that happen on more than one occasion? Also, who is "Jeff" that you spoke of in your last post? I'm just curious if I knew him.

Holly said...

Ok...so sorry...I, for some reason thought this was Kory's blog:) I feel super dumb...please forgive me!!! I still am curious who Jeff is though! I grew up with Angela and Kory...so maybe I knew him?

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