One of the things I adore about being a mother is that I am queen of my own little world. I choose what comes in my home and what goes out of it. I can mold it to look the way I want. I can organize time the way I want. Though by no means does my little kingdom always perfectly reflect my dreams and aspirations for it, I am it's queen and with Trevor, choose which direction to send it on it's way.
This week I have decided that in my kingdom, Easter will be a major holiday, on par with Christmas.
I love Christmas. At Christmas, the whole world seems to celebrate together, to soften and gladden a little. Everyone recognizes it as a beautiful time of year, full of peace and joy. A whole month of the year is set aside to celebrate.
Unfortunately, it is also extremely commercialized, sometimes stressful, and not always celebrated sacredly. Because not everyone's focus is on the Savior at Christmastime, it can be easy to get distracted from the true meaning of the season.
Easter has, for the most part, escaped the public limelight. Oh, sometimes we get Good Friday off, and the Easter Bunny naturally makes a commercilized appearance, but on the whole, Easter has been left relatively untouched. Like Christmas, Easter has the potential to be wholly Christ-centric, but Easter doesn't have as msny of society's distractions to deter us from this pure worship.
I will be thinking this week of ways that I want to celebrate Easter in our family. I want there to be a build up, similar to (though maybe not as lengthy as) the month long buildup for Easter. I want to have an "Easter Spirit" in our home in the days before Easter. I want to have an Easter Season in our house. During Christmas, many of my most treasured experiences each year do not happen on Christmas day. They usually happen in the days before, as I'm pondering the truths of the holiday. In our home, I want us to have a similar opportunity.
As I come up with ideas, I'll pos them. I'm so excited for the upcoming celebration!
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