Easters long ago #AprilA2Z #music
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A tradition we observed for years was to attend the Sunrise service on Easter morning while visiting DH’s parents at our church home in southern WV. Cat Stevens’ inspiring song sorta fits the mood of those early morning sunrises spent Easters’ long ago.
Here are my kiddies after church at my in-laws’ house. Little boy wasn’t too happy during the photo shoot because mommy got him up too early and he was in desperate need of a nap and something to eat. Big sisters tried to console him, but he wasn’t having any of it.
As if transformed, the world became a happier place a few hours later. Oh, what a treat to find baskets full of goodies left by Mr. E Bunny waiting on the doorstep!
Life wouldn’t be complete without these magical memories. The holidays bring out the nostalgia in me. Here’s a throwback moment…
Tell us about one of your favorite childhood Easter traditions. Did you carry any of your family’s Easter traditions forward with yours?
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10 Comments
Rorybore
Easter always meant a new dress growing up!! And since my mom was a single mom, that was pretty much the only new clothing I would get aside from back to school and maybe some at Christmas. But the difference was: this got to be extravagant!! bows and frills and polka dots and maybe even a matching hat!!! It was always a special time doing the shopping, and then actually NOT eating chocolate before church so I would not get my dress dirty.
Cathy Kennedy
Times were tough when I lived at home, but my parents did what they could. They made sure we had a little something on Easter and Mom got me a new Easter dress most years, too.
Colette S
I would take photo anyway with crying child 🙂 Still a memory capture.
Such lovely photos Cathy.
Glad you enjoyed the family.
What a beautiful song. I Remember it a different way!
Hope your week is going great!
Leovi
Wonderful !! This song by Cat Stevens may be among the 10 songs of my life!
XmasDolly
Cute pics, and love the song you chose to go with it. Thanks for joining us my friend. HUGS.
Liz A.
Easter’s never been a big holiday for me. And it kind of got tainted by the evil retail job I had in my 20s (only a couple holidays survived intact for me).
mjgolch
Nope I’m skipping the A to Z blogging.I enjoyed Morning has broken
dcrelief
Oh yes – big tradition! We have to decorate the small tree at the corner of the house in plastic eggs and pastel ribbons. One year I thought to make it the family Christmas card because everyone was there. Hard to get the whole troop together any more.
Hope you had a lovely holiday this year. Thank you for your heartfelt wishes! (smile).
stevebethere
What a lovely post Cathy, I liked the cute photos & the memory one, I always enjoyed looking through my parents old photos 🙂
I have always thought Morning Has Broken is a beautiful song 🙂
Hope you had an eggtastic Easter 🙂
lexacain
There’s nothing cuter than kids on Christmas and Easter. I have such fond memories – most about chocolate and peeps, though. lol!