I realized I was going to type something like, "I'm not much into the Christian thing," but that's squishy. Let me be clear: I'm not Christian. It was funny this morning during the children's story--the minister was showing the kids different pictures of Jesus, none of which Maybelle was familiar with. She turned around, pointed to my shirt, and whispered "Princess Leia." I gotta say, Leia's a bit more of a celebrated figure around this house.
At any rate, we got to have all the fun of the Easter holiday yesterday and today. Last night Trey and I dyed eggs, and this morning Maybelle put stickers on them.
Then at church this morning there was an Easter egg hunt. Maybelle's taken part in this for the last two years, but this was the first year she actually cared.
She gathered a bunch of eggs, and then she examined (from afar) the three goats who were there, and she gave a quick pat to one rabbit.
And here's how you do it up at Easter: they had a chocolate fountain, and a plate of Rice Krispie squares on sticks that you could hold under the cascading chocolate. Maybelle wasn't interested, but I was.
That is a dang good Easter. We had our own shenanigans over here that didn't figure Jesus, exactly.
ReplyDeleteI like Jesus as a historical figure who had some incredibly radical ideas about equality. I just find him such a baggage-laden figure now that I'd rather stay away than have to differentiate myself from the baggage.
DeleteYour Easter sounds nice. My little boy is one and I felt like we "should" do something but, not being Christian, I didn't know what. We tried a community Easter egg hunt Saturday but that was a zoo and a bit much for all of us. He's too young for Cadbury creme eggs which, to me, are the way to celebrate...so he ended up with a stuffed duck and finger puppets. I think that worked.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I'm still not a lover of the Cadbury creme eggs, although I tried one again this year.
DeleteI sent the boys off to church and deviled five dozen eggs for the in laws while discussing the relative merits of relish and mustard in said eggs on FB. Then I drank a very large glass of Friday night's sangria before leaving so as to avoid discussing the devilish relatives on FB. I call that a successful holiday.
ReplyDeleteDeviled eggs are a FANTASTIC Easter food! Go, you!
DeleteI think part of being down with the JC is dealing with hard stuff, including the baggage.
ReplyDeleteI know you're a Tennessean, but it sort of surprises me that you might be down with JC and his baggage.
ReplyDeleteI became an Episcopalian in my 30s. I don't get to Mass as often as I'd like these days, but I'm on board.
ReplyDeleteRight on. I hope you're kicking some of that baggage away and proclaiming that it's time for it to decompose. And I assume that at least some of the Episcopal churches in Tennessee aren't virulently homophobic?
DeleteThe bishop recently approved the new same-sex blessing for use in the diocese. Which is nice. I haven't actually gone to a service here since we moved. I wrote this piece a while back about my journey.
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That's a great piece! I enjoyed reading it. And you know that one of Maybelle's favorite songs is "I Saw the Light"? Although I find the line about Jesus as a stranger in the night kind of creepy. You know, for women, men who emerge as strangers in the night are rapists. We're taught to have the pepper spray at the ready.
DeleteBetcha if there was some miscommunication and you ended up pepper spraying Jesus one dark night, He'd understand.
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