Celebrate!

It has been awhile m'dears. A million things (both good and bad) have happened and time slipped away, and I realized it's been forever since I've posted anything at all...
Today is Easter and last week was Passover. Even though I am Christian in name, I celebrated both this year. And found both to be meaningful and enjoyable in different ways. Passover more because of the company I spent it in, old friends who I'd forgotten how much I love/miss (but I now remember!). And Easter because I got to see how different members of my family like to celebrate. Because for me Easter (or Passover for that matter) is not about what some holy text says happened around this time. It's about how you chose to spend the day. How you chose to celebrate!

My mum, for instance, sings a certain hymn every Easter. Loudly. If not at church than at least in the car.

My grandparents go to their Universalist Unitarian church, where they sort've celebrate everyone!

Without fail, I will do an egg hunt, which for me isn't even a Christian practice, it's a thank-goodness-it's-supposed-to-get-warmer-slash-oh-my-gosh-we-survived-the-winter kind of tradition.

Easter for me, doesn't mean church or singing, it means watching Godspell (fabulous musical whether you are religious or not.. which I'm not) and seeing my family.

Your own Easter/Passover/Springtime/anything else I'm forgetting traditions?

It's easy to get caught up in what you don't have. I certainly have lately. Or in trying to conform to a certain religion or tradition. Right now the sun is shining and I am not without hope that tomorrow, while it may be insanely busy, will not be brutally cold. And that in and of itself is reason to celebrate.