Monday, March 24, 2008

Easter time!

Hey there, hope you had a great Easter! We had our traditional bunny cake. Doesn't it look yummy? Chocolate cake with white frosting and pink coconut on top. Delish. No dyeing or hiding Easter eggs this year, though :-( Doesn't really feel the same without doing that, but I guess you have to stop once you turn thirty, huh?

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood today and it was pretty nice yesterday for the holiday, which is good, considering it has snowed two days previous.

Sherman the pug just plopped down on his bed. Licorice is partaking in foreplay with his hump bear and I'm waiting for Danielle to get ready for lunch - hopefully before it starts getting dark out! I came to Hammond on March 11th for the one year anniversary of Mike's death and I've been here since. I have to go back today, though, because I'm out of my medicine. And you know, b/c I live there! It will be sad, though, b/c I no longer have access to university computers, so I will be limited to sixty minutes a day at the library - no scanner, no photoshop, nada. Ho hum. Oh well, c'est la vie!

I had a fabulous dream about Mike last night. Whenever I have dreams like that, I feel so close to him the next day. I feel like I just saw him yesterday and everything about him is so clear. I love having dreams like that. It is one of the things that has helped me get through this year. I've also had dreams where I'm telling whomever (God, Death, etc.) that I don't want to die yet. While I want to be with Mike, I don't want to leave this life yet, that there are things I still want to do while I'm alive. That's comforting, I suppose. Reminds me of something my Mom told me after my Momo died when I was five. She said that when we see them again, to them, it will be like a blink of an eye has passed. (I guess I must've asked something like would Momo miss us in Heaven.) So I always remember that, to us, life is the longest thing, but in the afterlife, when you have eternity, one life is like a blink of an eye. So I know Mike is alright up there, and I know I'll be there soon enough. That's another thing Mike told me in a dream several months ago; "We'll all be together soon enough". So, he said, "look out for each other." Let go of the hate. I did, or at least, I hope I did. I have at least tried....

This year, Easter meant a lot to me, b/c I was really aware of what Easter is about. I know, we have the bunny cake, but on Good Friday, I really recognized that this was a Holy Day b/c that was the day Jesus died for our sins. I reflected on that and tried to honor it. Sunday is indeed a celebration, b/c that was the day he rose. So I have no qualms, having a feast and celebrating, by whatever means our culture has come to make tradition. Celebrate, He is Risen!
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