Easter Thoughts
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
This Easter, Christians across the world will celebrate the Risen Christ and the hope of Redemption and the Life Hereafter.
This card was distributed at my grandmother’s funeral. She was a staunch Irish Catholic who died at age 71, a year before I was born. A prayer is on the back of the card.
As a child, when I would wake up on Easter morning, I knew that my mother would have prepared a large Easter basket with all kinds of chocolate candy and jelly beans. She wrapped the whole basket in colored cellophane.
One year, when I was about seven years old, my brother Jack, who was working at a local supermarket and had some spending money of his own, bought me a black duck that you see me holding in the photo, below.
The flounce skirt, knee highs, and patent leather shoes were the height of fashion in 1958. I can’t tell what I am wearing on my head, but it seems to be an improvement over the usual “new Easter bonnet.”
If I remember correctly, the song, “Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Hopping Down the Bunny Trail,” was a hit tune, at the time.
Flowers were an important part of celebrating Easter. The church was always full of white lilies. Here is a photo of Lilies taken by Charlotte Croft.
I came across a little poem that had been saved in the family album, by my mother. It is short, but poignant, and says a lot about being in contact with those we love, while they are still here.
“Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.”
This holiday, I shall remember times past, and think of all of my good friends, whom I treasure.
Happy Easter!
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
