Changes.....

Today is Easter Sunday 2020, and it's a very unusual holiday. We are home alone and unable to spend time with anyone we love. COVID-19 changed our traditions.  Today I sit at the sewing machine creating home made PPE masks for area distribution and find myself thinking of Easters past.

While I was growing up Easter involved going to church at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Park Ridge, Illinois, and then being with extended family for colored eggs, a delicious meal and the annual hunt for Easter baskets. My mom always created a beautiful Easter egg tree and it brightened the holiday. Raising our own two children we were on-and-off church goers but the day always meant an excited scramble looking for hidden chocolate bunnies and those colored eggs. And food.....and togetherness....and an Easter egg tree for the table.

This year Dave and I have already taken two walks, had an easy breakfast and now I sew while he watches TV. Later we will work on a puzzle and play cards and catch up with family on Facetime and by telephone. Our holiday decorations are minimal at best. My box of seasonal decorations never made it out of the closet and there is no tree.

Taped to our condo windows are a construction paper Easter egg and one of Dave's "famous" rabbit drawings. The newspaper said children might be looking for them as they walked around outside to do an Easter egg hunt.

We have no way of knowing if these "unique" decorations will brighten anyone's day, but they made us feel a little less alone just by taping them up. 

Stay home....stay safe....stay well....Easter 2020. I will always remember this year's "tradition" when I think of the annual celebration. Wishing everyone I know a good day, a day to reflect on what we've always taken for granted....and to never do that again.