It's funny the memories you walk away with in life...Some you choose to remember and some are just a part of you and you have to carry them along...
Growing up, Easter holds many for me...
Getting a new Easter outfit to wear to church, feeling so fresh and pretty while singing, celebrating and rejoicing with others about God's love...Down right epic battles with my brother over our egg hunts and wanting my parents to hide the eggs over and over...Shrimp rings, scalloped potatoes, perogies and ham for dinner...And the chocolate, oh the chocolate - Cadbury Creme & Mini-Eggs, I mean really is there anything better?  

Easter now however holds even more meaning as it is my responsibility to create memories to walk with my hooligans throughout their life...

To give them the same goofy grin when they think about looking for eggs and finding a path of chocolate the Easter Bunny left...To remind Noal that when he was two and he found a path of chocolate he was utterly shocked and said, "oh oh Bunny so messy"...

To create that same sense of feeling fresh or pretty or re-newed...Whether that's in a new spring outfit, playing dress-up or walking hand and hand seeing a tulip...

To pass on the same addiction I was given by my mother...Chocolate...To celebrate the very beauty of one of the most brilliant things on the planet...To not worry if they ate too much that day - to let them over-indulge and celebrate it like it should be.

To leave them with sweet moments of happiness, good food, hugs galore, friends a plenty, funny games, traditions, playing outside, snuggles, laughter and most of all just feeling so very, very loved... 


Happy Easter friends hope your days were filled with love, chocolate and memories too...