Easter

easter baskets and egg hunting in the garden, peeps (i eat a dozen of them all by myself) and the new easter outfit with coordinating hat and shoes all spell easter when surrounded by children. they are too young to understand the true meaning of easter in the christian world. but to me, the meaning of easter is far more profound. so profound in fact that i watch jesus of nazareth every single year, lest i forget his five wounds. easter symbolizes the time to remember Christ's eternal gift, and gives us renewed hope.

"The word Easter is from Eastre, a Norse goddess whose pagan festival was observed at the spring equinox. The association of this pagan goddess with the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ was only by adaptation and synthesis. There is no real connection.... It thus became a springtime anniversary, in rememberance of the goddess of spring and dawn and has come to be called Easter in the Christian world."

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therefore, the tag i created for this week holds a lot of sentiment and meaning to me. it was simply created with a chalk pink pencil, some light blue acrylic paint, collage, a scripture in spanish from a vintage misal, a heart button which i painted gray to age it a bit and two vintage lapel pins from my religious items collection.

Angels, roll the rock away;
Death, yield up thy mighty prey:
See, He rises from the tomb,
Glowing with immortal bloom.

Thomas Scott, “Easter Angels”

wishing you all a happy and hopeful easter