Happy Easter!

We are still celebrating Easter around here.

Lots of bunnies, eggs, candy and baskets.

But more than that...we are just starting to celebrate the Easter season.

It took us all of lent to get over ourselves and what we were giving up to remember again the deep love of God through Jesus.

I have loved watching Caroline this Easter as she prepared to take communion.

She is my very thoughtful, planned child.

She really wanted to wait and take her first communion meal on Easter Sunday and make it very meaningful.

So we have been talking about her relationship with Jesus.

She has memorized the Apostles Creed and knows what she believes about God.

When I asked her what Jesus means to her, she looked at me blankly....

Like...Momma?

What kind of question is that?

Jesus loves me.

And I love him.

Period.

Isn't the childlike faith of an eight year old

what we all long for?

That all out pursuit....run...sprint towards the loving arms of Jesus.

We gave Caroline a Bible that belonged to my Mom (with her name on it).

She said, "Look how much she underlined in the middle part of the Bible, she must have really loved reading Psalms!"

Here is a bracelet that Grandma Gigi started for her.