For years Easter has been a big deal in the McCullough household.\u00a0 Easter meant coloring Easter eggs, new outfits for everyone, a church service longer and more elaborate than the normal Sunday mass, then kids finding their baskets, egg hunts, chowing down on chocolate and jelly beans, capped off with a big family dinner.\u00a0 It made for lots of photo ops, plenty of joy and laughter and a wonderful celebration, but it’s also a lot of work.<\/p>\n
This year was different.\u00a0My only local grandchildren are grown now, and the others live too far away to be here for Easter.<\/p>\n
Instead of the big whoop-de-doo, we went with just the church service and then a nice dinner with very close, old friends.\u00a0 Not really fancy, but good food, good conversation, a smooth wine, and a pleasant, relaxing time.<\/p>\n
For the rest of the day we rested, read, puttered around doing small jobs, and generally relaxed. After a very busy March, it was just what I needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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