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Easter Eggstras

April 12, 2019 by Nancy 9 Comments

Rosenthal RabbitI embrace and revel in the true meaning of Easter as much as the next redeemed sinner. Soon we’ll be singing “Christ the Lord Is Risen Again,” and lifting our alleluias high to the One who sacrificed all to save us all. But in the days leading up to Easter, I have to confess that I enjoy all the secular sensations of the season, too—what we might think of as the Easter eggstras.

At the top of my list are the bunnies. I’ve loved rabbits since I raised them in junior high and showed them at the county fair. There are a few decorative rabbits tucked here and there around our house all year ‘round, but many more hop out of storage when it’s time to decorate for Easter.

Bunny FamilyWhen we were a newly blended family thirty plus years ago, I found a family of rabbits in a catalog with a mom, a dad, two boys and two girls—just like us at that time! They’ve taken up residence in our dining room every Easter since—with only one bunny ear broken and glued back in place. Fat rabbits, skinny rabbits, a joyous Rosenthal rabbit purchased in Germany that once adorned the christening cakes of both my boys as infants, bunny cakes with jelly bean bowties—all bring me joy each year.

And then there are the eggs! We actually have an egg tree which takes about as much time to decorate as a Christmas tree, and a collection of alabaster eggs gathered from many different places on long ago travels. I’ve loved dying Easter eggs with children and grandchildren through the years.Easter egg emojis Last year I died them all yellow so each person at Easter dinner could create an Easter emoji! Early morning Easter egg hunts with baskets full of colored eggs and day-after-egg-salad are also eggstras I’ve enjoyed in years past.

What else? Little girls in new Easter dresses and bonnets and dapper little boys in bowties and Sunday shoes. A spiral-cut ham with all the trimmings for Easter dinner—all these things create memories that grow more precious as time goes by.

Easter TreeI know the Lord wants us to appreciate all of His creation, so I think it’s fine if we enjoy the Easter eggstras—so long as we don’t forget the main reason for all the joy and celebration. “He has risen, just as he said” (Matthew 28:6). That’s what we acknowledge on Easter, and as we embrace the truth that Jesus came to close the gap between us and God that we might have eternal life, we have more than enough reason to celebrate Easter—with all its eggstras.

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  1. Jimmie Bohannon says

    April 13, 2019 at 10:32 am

    Love the yellow Easter egg idea!!! I will have to try that!
    Thank you for releasing me to enjoying all the trimmings of the season, I have been too legalistic about eggs and bunnies and now I will pull mine out!
    Have a wonderful Easter season! Miss you!
    Jimmie
    ps, Easter falls on Daniel’s birthday this year.

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    • Nancy says

      April 13, 2019 at 10:46 am

      Well, hopefully I’m not wrong! Sorry it will be a bittersweet holiday with memories of Daniel–but I pray there will be many good ones. Love you!

      Reply
  2. sue says

    April 13, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    Happy Easter, Nancy. It will be a special Easter this year since I’ll be with my first grandchild, Baby Luke. He is another miracle!

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    • Nancy says

      April 13, 2019 at 2:57 pm

      Happy Easter, Sue! Bet you’ll be taking a big stuffed bunny on the plane!

      Reply
  3. Charlie Fusco says

    April 13, 2019 at 2:48 pm

    Love the Easter tree. I must try that next year: under construction this year. Enjoy!

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    • Nancy says

      April 13, 2019 at 2:58 pm

      Hope all your remodeling goes well, Charlie! Happy Easter!

      Reply
  4. Beth Lueders says

    April 14, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    Nancy, I have always loved your bunnies. I’ve loved bunnies since childhood too.
    Thank you for the going the eggstra mile on sharing this uplifting blog with us.
    Happy Easter, my friend!

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    • Nancy says

      April 15, 2019 at 8:29 am

      Thank you, Beth! I’m starting to see real ones out in the neighborhood, too. Happy Easter!

      Reply
  5. alice scott-ferguson says

    April 16, 2019 at 5:05 pm

    Yes! to the egg tree…never did that, but had Easter Egg hunts.
    The grandchildren would scour the rockery where their gPa had hid them
    while the dog would race the rolling eggs down the meadow
    and snatch as many of them up as he could before the little ones swooped in
    Nancy, i agree, with enjoying the eggstras!
    Christ came to give life abundant and joy-filled
    to which our memories so vibrantly attest as we see
    our families continue the traditions of this glorious season.

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