Happy Easter and God Bless!

 

When we were children, there was a lady in Millers Falls, who made elaborately designed Easter eggs, and possibly, decorated eggs for other occasions.  I don’t know if she was Polish, Russian, or Ukrainian.  Her eggs were beautiful and sometimes, magical in design.  We are hearing, now, about the increased significance of the decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs.  I am not sure when, where or how this Tradition began.  I sent an Easter ecard referencing the Romanov decorated eggs, a Russian tradition that may or may not be related to the Ukrainian tradition of decorated eggs. The point is, the Russians, the Poles, and the Ukrainians have so many shared traditions. It is so sad that peoples with shared traditions can go to war against each other. It is also a blessing that the Polish people and other Eastern European peoples have opened their hearts and their homes to the Ukrainian refugees.

Easter is a time of renewal and rebirth.  It is my prayer that there is some opportunity peace, renewal, and rebirth for the Ukrainian nation.

It is also my prayer that your personal trials find peace, renewal, and rebirth.

God bless and Happy Easter.

 

 

 

Easter Eggs

I almost always color Easter Eggs. For years, I boiled the eggs on Good Friday. I frequently worked for places that had Good Friday off.  Most recently, my employer does not give Good Friday off. I could take the day, I have the leave. But why.

So, in the more recent past, I have boiled eggs on Saturday morning and colored them then. Tonight, I boiled eggs, and after they cool, I plan to color them.

When I was a child, we colored eggs on Good Friday, and my mother prepared our Easter meal in advance. We set it out Saturday morning, and the priest came by and blessed our meal.  I wonder how many hours he spent going from house to house, blessing Easter meals.  That was a wonderful, special tradition. I suspect it no longer happens.