How was everyone's Easter? What did you do? Mine, well... mine was an adventure, but then again, what part of life isn't an adventure? Have you ever planned something out and imagined exactly how it is going to go? Of course you have, who hasn't? We do it everyday, when you wake up you have a rough plan of how your day is going to go and then WACK! Your day takes a curve ball or in the case of our Easter, the weekend takes a curveball.
It started out on Saturday with the rather embarrassing bit for James and I. See we have this thing were James always wants to be hugging me, stealing my spot on the couch, clinging to me, etc. This goes both ways, however, it seems we never want to be affectionate siblings at the same time. Therefore, irritating the other one. An incident such as this occurred on Saturday. James and I were "fighting" over the couch and I was the one not in the mood to be touched. One thing lead to another and before anyone realized it (except mom who knew exactly how this scene was going to play out because we do it often enough it was only a matter of time) I was falling off the couch, hitting my head on the piano bench, my leg on the coffee table and James was following me down to our doom. Sadly the victim of our sibling rivalry, was indeed, the poor coffee table leg. We broke it clean off never again to do it's useful purpose of holding up our table.
Have you ever been that kid, that realizes what you have done and that your mother has watched you do it, your sibling has joined you in the crime, and your father heard it from the dining room? Well. if you have been that kid you know your immediate response is to start begging for forgiveness. Which James and I began to do rather quickly. Guess our family's search for a new coffee table has been encouraged a little bit more now? Sorry mom and dad :(
That fiasco being over and done with, other than James and I having a tremendous amount of guilt and shame when asked what happened to the coffee table. We moved on with the day. The rest of the day resulted however, in the dog getting sick multiple times in various locations in the house. (I will not be going into detail, lets just say it ends with my poor parents having to sleep in sleeping bags for two nights on their bed :( ) So, after dealing with that annoyance we tried to continue and get ready for Easter.
These following events are more amusing than frustrating. Mom and I over the last month had together found cute Pinterest ideas to use for Easter. One of them being, bunny napkins. A great idea right. The type of Pinterest project that makes you say."I can do that what could go wrong"? It is a LOT harder than you might think. Yet, after tears and laughter I gave up, my clever mother on the other hand succeeded and we had cute bunny napkins for Easter.
The next story makes me crack up every time I think about it. See we live in a house that was built over a 100 years ago and it has some quirks. One of them being that you can't run the shower and the washing machine at the same time without the shower being cold. This method also applies to the kitchen sink and the dishwasher. Anyway, I digress. I decided upon giving up on the bunny napkins that it was time for me to take a shower. So I went ahead and did so. Now enter Dad who has last seen me dealing with a pile of napkins, yelling at them to be bunny's and he heads to start a load of laundry.
Let me re-set the scene. I am in the shower covered in bubbles ready to rinse off when. WHAMO! \The water in my shower, that I have set to the temperature of bubbling lava, turns to arctic ice! Now left standing there, cold and covered in bubbles it will take every ounce of strength I posses to get rinsed off as quickly as I can. Dashing through the needed steps, I am clean, out of the shower, in my warm jammies in less than ten minutes. This is where I realize I never rinsed the conditioner from my hair. Over the next few shivering minutes, I rationalize that my hair was quite dry and it needs the extra conditioning this go around. That idea wins out over going back in and getting it rinsed out in the frigid water.
Coming out shivering and cold. Mom and I quickly put together what has happened and started laughing, The whole incident was rather funny. It is moments like this that will make me smile when I am gone out exploring the world and missing home.
After finishing what I needed to do for Easter, I headed for bed. I needed to be up at 5:30 am to get ready for sunrise service. Mom and Dad were up much later than I was getting ready. There is something comforting though, listening to them get ready for holidays, as this happens at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Knowing that they are both working and staying up late to make sure the holiday is fun for all of us, makes me feel so loved and cherished. I love hearing them laugh together and their muffled voices having fun together. It is the best soundtrack to fall asleep too.
Well, Easter morning came and we were up early, shuffling around, getting ready, and that is when the discover was made. The bathroom sink was clogged! The perfect addition to the wild Easter we were already having. In about an hour, the Laulainen family was dressed and ready for Sunrise Service despite the bathroom sink dilemma.
I don't remember if it was on the way to the service or coming back that someone mentioned that it was almost like we were living some sort of movie. We all laughed and that is the thing I love. Though we were having a crazy time, we really all were still having fun together and laughing. I was probably the most uptight out of all of us and that's when it hit me.
While I was replaying all that had happened in the last 48 hrs I was frustrated, because it hadn't gone exactly how I had pictured. I felt like someone was trying to rob my joy of this special holiday. The truth is someone might have been. The devil might have been trying to get me to focus on the negativity in my life right then instead of the true joy.
CHRIST gave his life for me and he would have done it even if I was the only person on the whole earth. He went through the most painful death anyone could ever under go and came out the victor.
It started out on Saturday with the rather embarrassing bit for James and I. See we have this thing were James always wants to be hugging me, stealing my spot on the couch, clinging to me, etc. This goes both ways, however, it seems we never want to be affectionate siblings at the same time. Therefore, irritating the other one. An incident such as this occurred on Saturday. James and I were "fighting" over the couch and I was the one not in the mood to be touched. One thing lead to another and before anyone realized it (except mom who knew exactly how this scene was going to play out because we do it often enough it was only a matter of time) I was falling off the couch, hitting my head on the piano bench, my leg on the coffee table and James was following me down to our doom. Sadly the victim of our sibling rivalry, was indeed, the poor coffee table leg. We broke it clean off never again to do it's useful purpose of holding up our table.
Have you ever been that kid, that realizes what you have done and that your mother has watched you do it, your sibling has joined you in the crime, and your father heard it from the dining room? Well. if you have been that kid you know your immediate response is to start begging for forgiveness. Which James and I began to do rather quickly. Guess our family's search for a new coffee table has been encouraged a little bit more now? Sorry mom and dad :(
That fiasco being over and done with, other than James and I having a tremendous amount of guilt and shame when asked what happened to the coffee table. We moved on with the day. The rest of the day resulted however, in the dog getting sick multiple times in various locations in the house. (I will not be going into detail, lets just say it ends with my poor parents having to sleep in sleeping bags for two nights on their bed :( ) So, after dealing with that annoyance we tried to continue and get ready for Easter.
These following events are more amusing than frustrating. Mom and I over the last month had together found cute Pinterest ideas to use for Easter. One of them being, bunny napkins. A great idea right. The type of Pinterest project that makes you say."I can do that what could go wrong"? It is a LOT harder than you might think. Yet, after tears and laughter I gave up, my clever mother on the other hand succeeded and we had cute bunny napkins for Easter.
The next story makes me crack up every time I think about it. See we live in a house that was built over a 100 years ago and it has some quirks. One of them being that you can't run the shower and the washing machine at the same time without the shower being cold. This method also applies to the kitchen sink and the dishwasher. Anyway, I digress. I decided upon giving up on the bunny napkins that it was time for me to take a shower. So I went ahead and did so. Now enter Dad who has last seen me dealing with a pile of napkins, yelling at them to be bunny's and he heads to start a load of laundry.
Let me re-set the scene. I am in the shower covered in bubbles ready to rinse off when. WHAMO! \The water in my shower, that I have set to the temperature of bubbling lava, turns to arctic ice! Now left standing there, cold and covered in bubbles it will take every ounce of strength I posses to get rinsed off as quickly as I can. Dashing through the needed steps, I am clean, out of the shower, in my warm jammies in less than ten minutes. This is where I realize I never rinsed the conditioner from my hair. Over the next few shivering minutes, I rationalize that my hair was quite dry and it needs the extra conditioning this go around. That idea wins out over going back in and getting it rinsed out in the frigid water.
Coming out shivering and cold. Mom and I quickly put together what has happened and started laughing, The whole incident was rather funny. It is moments like this that will make me smile when I am gone out exploring the world and missing home.
After finishing what I needed to do for Easter, I headed for bed. I needed to be up at 5:30 am to get ready for sunrise service. Mom and Dad were up much later than I was getting ready. There is something comforting though, listening to them get ready for holidays, as this happens at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Knowing that they are both working and staying up late to make sure the holiday is fun for all of us, makes me feel so loved and cherished. I love hearing them laugh together and their muffled voices having fun together. It is the best soundtrack to fall asleep too.
Well, Easter morning came and we were up early, shuffling around, getting ready, and that is when the discover was made. The bathroom sink was clogged! The perfect addition to the wild Easter we were already having. In about an hour, the Laulainen family was dressed and ready for Sunrise Service despite the bathroom sink dilemma.
I don't remember if it was on the way to the service or coming back that someone mentioned that it was almost like we were living some sort of movie. We all laughed and that is the thing I love. Though we were having a crazy time, we really all were still having fun together and laughing. I was probably the most uptight out of all of us and that's when it hit me.
While I was replaying all that had happened in the last 48 hrs I was frustrated, because it hadn't gone exactly how I had pictured. I felt like someone was trying to rob my joy of this special holiday. The truth is someone might have been. The devil might have been trying to get me to focus on the negativity in my life right then instead of the true joy.
CHRIST gave his life for me and he would have done it even if I was the only person on the whole earth. He went through the most painful death anyone could ever under go and came out the victor.
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake!
Come and rise up from the grave!
This is one of my favorite songs. I don't think I truly realized what I was doing to my attitude by focusing on the negative until Easter was over. I wasn't being like Christ. Christ overcame his circumstances that were much worse than the petty ones I was facing. I may have been frustrated because Easter didn't go the way I thought it was going to go, but it may have just been the Easter I needed. I needed to see that I must learn to have the spirit of Easter year round. I need to realize how blessed I am everyday because of what my Savior did for me.
The rest of our Easter was splendid. The brunch at church was fun, the fellowship we got to have with our church family was blessed. Our service was special because my brother played a gorgeous trumpet solo and some girls I have been teaching dance did their first performance without me dancing with them. They were beautiful and I was so proud of them. Our ladies trio sang a haunting song that was perfect and as always, the message was spot on.
Easter dinner with my grandparents was the perfect family dinner. All sitting around our dining room table, my grandpa saying grace, and all of us sharing with each other. These moments are something I want to hold onto I don't know what next year is going to hold, but I know what is happening to day, is happening for a reason. I guess I needed a crazy, wild, overwhelming Easter to put in perspective where my heart really was. Here is to the next Easter and whatever that brings. Here is to today and the moments I need to enjoy now.
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