If you’re expecting a charming and witty run-down of Easter festivities, you many want to keep moving. If, on the other hand, you have about two minutes to glimpse a REAL Easter, scroll on.

Holy Week started with one sick kid at home and my slicing open my pinky on a tin can, so let’s just set the bar accordingly, shall we? LOW.

As I adapted to life with a pinky splint and multiple sick kids, a silver lining did emerge. I could not manage washing dishes with said splint and therefore am enjoying a week-long dishwashing reprieve.

On Good Friday, I made my annual trek to the one local supermarket that bakes and sells paska bread. Over the years, I’ve learned this store, just slightly beyond our usual range, is the only reliable source of our beloved Easter bread. We scored four raisin loaves this year, apparently outwitting the  little old lady who beat us to the punch last year. Paska bread secured!

Stations of the Cross were a regular part of my Catholic school childhood (and now my children’s), but I’ve struggled to make it to those services for many years. (Let’s blame small children and, to be honest, the fish fry.) My absence at Stations made me especially grateful to attend on Good Friday.

By Holy Saturday, I had exchanged one sick kid for another. I took the healthy kids, and we headed for the parish Easter egg hunt.

Throughout the many hours we were there for setup, the event, and cleanup, my husband sent me increasingly pitiful texts of our pathetic little tear-stained sickie. Oh, my heart.

The festivities included relay races, bubble making, Easter bingo, and Resurrection chalk art. The kids all seemed to have fun and left with substantial Easter candy booty.

And then, courtesy of his siblings, the recuperating little master got his own private egg hunt.

From an ancient homily for Holy Saturday, from The Divine Office:

The throne formed by cherubim awaits you, its bearers swift and eager. The bridal chamber is adorned, the banquet is ready, the eternal dwelling places are prepared, the treasure houses of all good things lie open. The kingdom of heaven has been prepared for you from all eternity.

Best wishes for a happy and blessed Easter!

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