Easter......exactly as it should be.

Today was Easter. Churches were packed and stomachs were full from meals with loved ones.  

This year, I spent my Easter a little differently than most. I wasn't able to be with my family.....so I adopted a few kids! 

A few of my volleyball players were not able to go home for the holiday, so I adopted them and we had our own Easter dinner.  I was able to do what I love......prepare a meal for people, music blaring because everyone knows that food is always better when you dance while you cook and mashed potatoes splattered everywhere.....oooops.  But in the end, six college students had a place to eat Easter dinner and they had a new family for the day. 

This is how Easter should be. How, in my opinion, it was meant to be.  Easter is about the empty tomb and a Risen Lord. It is about the sacrifice that Jesus made for us and the intense love that He continues to have for us, even in our broken form.  It is about family. And even when we don't have anywhere to go, we are always welcome at the foot of the cross. 

Easter isn't about bunnies. It isn't about plastic eggs or little duck stuffed animals. 

It is about the relationship. It is about love.  It is about family.