Easter 2020

Easter is very different for me this year. In more ways than one. The most significant is that my Mom is not with us this year. This past Thursday was the 9th of April. It was Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, known as the last night in the life of Jesus. Thursday also marked 8 months since my Mom died, and it marked two years since she was diagnosed with cancer. Easter is weird this year because of social distancing, and Church has been cancelled until further notice, so the usual rituals that I have come to associate with Lent, and Holy Week, and Easter, were not done in the same way this year. Just kind of...jarring. I kept forgetting that Friday was Good Friday, or the day that Jesus died. Yesterday my sister and I colored Easter eggs, because that was one of my Mom's favorite things to do, and it was good to do, I'm glad that we did it, but it also wasn't quite the same. Today is Easter Sunday. A day that is usually filled with joy and celebration and liveliness in the Church. The church service is usually upbeat, there is usually an Easter Breakfast before church...but this year that won't be happening, but it will still be Easter. My Grandma and sister and I will have an Easter dinner, and we will mark it off on the list of holidays and other things that have been happening in this First Year. So yeah. Easter is weird this year. For a lot of reasons. One thing, though, that I can take comfort in, is that this year my Mom gets to spend Easter with Jesus, which, while it's really sad for us, it's really cool for her. So Happy Easter everyone, stay safe and healthy, and let your loved ones know that you love them. Hallelujah!