A Bundle of Myrrh

Another Easter post? Yes. My babies love the fact that it will be Easter for 50 days, so an Easter post is still entirely appropriate right?

It’s just me I know, but I really don’t like doing Easter egg hunts before Easter. So Meany Mama that I am, we don’t take the babies to our community hunts that take place prior to Sunday. That means we just have to do one in our own. In our yard.

But since we got to attend church with our other congregation this year we did have a more “official hunt” out there with them and then, nice Grandma brought and hid tons of eggs for the babies around the house. Two hunts this year. We all kinds of Easter Candied y’all.

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We’ve been heading to “the next town over” since 2011 for the annual Lephrachaun Fun Run that kicks off their grand St. Patrick’s Day festival. I still don’t know why St. Patrick’s Day is such a big deal for them. Aren’t they all German up here?

Anyway, we like to go. We missed it last year cuz Phil had an owie and couldn’t run, so I was glad to get back to our tradition.

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Well I’m going to play ketchup here for a bit and back up to Valentine’s Day. Mostly for myself, so next year when I get to wondering what in the world we did last year for Valentine’s Day I can just pull this old post up. The rest of you benefit from seeing the cute kids!

St. Valentine’s Day is one of the “saint days” that I have mixed feelings about. I think because we’re just a bit uncertain about who “St. Valentine” really was, if his story is of was one pastor or if through history his story was a combination of the lives of two or three pastors. Most of the events of his life are not verifiable.

Regardless of the unknown, there are some parts of his life that have been passed down that are probably true. So on his day we remember him and his stand for God’s gift and institution of marriage. Even facing death under the Emperor Claudius he was faithful to God’s will and word and was martyred for that. We shouldn’t forget that part. And remember to tell our babies that God’s children are still killed for this.

I also like to take advantage of his commemoration to teach our children about love, God’s love for us, our love for our neighbor and the love between husband and wife. And yes, we also decorate with hearts and give each other chocolates.

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