easter.....

ok, so we had our easter dinner this evening.....as a favor to my mother who had plans after church with her friends...and to our eldest who works easter sunday at the uk library.........i handed out small gift bags-cum-baskets despite the age range of our offspring......the 12 year old expects a basket every bit as much as our dear college junior......his girlfriend was pleasantly surprised to receive a bag of her own......she admitted quietly that her own mother had quit the easter basket thing a few years back.........i plan to keep this up until my children either have their own children, or cease to come home for the holiday........there was a bit of a hush prior to dinner, when the youngest commented about our having made a coconut cake for jesus's birthday...ooops.....wrong holiday altogether.....wrong sentiment altogether.......but can we blame her for the mistake...with commercialism as it is......did all those tender souls clogging the aisles at walmart this morning grasp the full significance...and the significance takes on new meaning in light of the florida case.......every time it comes up in conversation my mother opts to relive my dad's passing...when she decided not to go the feeding tube route per his wishes.......i am saddened that she relives his passing daily/hourly with the constant news coverage of the florida case......ironic......in that the zealots who so much want to draw followers to their cause may have driven a wedge between these who have been there/done that with the slow starvation/dehydration death of a loved one.....and those who have no clue about what is involved./.......tomorrow is my turn to teach sunday school.......and the lesson is per usual...ecept that there is so much more to bring to the table than last year.....the woman in atlanta who saved her own life by having read the purpose driven life......and the florida case......and the pope on death's door......lots to talk about...........