So for as long as I can remember, my mom's side of the family has celebrated Easter together. My immediate family are Christians, so we would go to church and then for lunch go to my grandparents' house. My two uncles and their families have not always been Christians, some are now, so we would just meet them there. There are four grandchildren, my brother and I and our two girl cousins. My grandma would "hide" eggs all over the yard and we would run around and grab them. We would be color-coordinated and there would be change or candy in the eggs. Inevitably my grandma would forget where she hid an egg or two, or the change wouldn't work out the same for all of us, so she'd pull out some more and make it even. Soon the easter egg hunt evolved into a scavenger hunt where my grandma would hide clues that specifically related to each of us and we would follow them around the yard and house until we found our big easter basket. The last few years we've just been given the gifts and haven't had to hunt, haha. Then of course we'd eat some yummy meal of ham and mashed potatoes and other amazingly delicious dishes.
This year my grandparents are in Florida and won't be back this weekend for Easter. Then I, the oldest of the grandkids, is in college and was just home in Indy for spring break. So this year will be different. My parents and brother will go to church and maybe celebrate a little, I don't know if they will get together with my uncles or not. I have been invited to go home with a couple of my good friends here at school, so I'm going to do that. It will be different, and I'm sad that it won't be like usual, but I think it will still be fun. And wherever I am, I can still worship and appreciate Jesus Christ who came, died for my sins, and then defeated death, all so that I can have Salvation and live with Him in Eternity.