Love One Another... As I Love You!

Easter has come and gone and it was nice. The weather here hasn't been that stellar lately, but for the Easter Egg Hunt, it went into a nice holding pattern.

Conni and family came over with their goodies (140+ plastic eggs for the hunt). Joe and his family came over with the biggest slab of HAM I have ever seen - the smell coming from that ham was a mixture of brown sugar, mustard and spices - it was SOOOO GOOOOOOD.

Mom came over and made her famous Italian vegetable salad - a conglamoration of olives, artichoke hearts, onions and other little tidbits topped with a savory Italian Dressing for salads - YEAH!

Life was good yesterday - I enjoyed this Easter - the first one I enjoyed in like 3-4 years.

I prayed over the meal and reminded my family that the day was a glorious day filled with the love of a risen Lord. I further let them know that one of the commandments that Jesus said to his disciples was that they should love one another, as he has loved them and that is the point I wanted to get across. Just as much as we have faith and love in our religious roots and this is how we try to live, we often overlook the teachings of Jesus. We forget that we need to live our lives just as Jesus did. To be more Christ like is to be as close to God as we can here on earth.

My Uncle reminded me that we are full of blessings this year and have been blessed over the past few years. I have a loving wife who puts up with me, 3 lovely beautiful children who give there parents nothing but love and happiness and continue to amaze us every day as they grow and stretch their minds, and a home in a safe peaceful neighborhood that we are lucky enough to have good jobs to keep us living there.

May this Easter be not only a blessing for you, but may you in turn be able to take that blessing and pass it on to your loved ones - forgive pass indescretions and problems and wipe the slate clean - better yet - don't keep score on any level. Love one another as I now love you.

Peace be with you all!
Bill