Easter 2008

This Easter has been a quite one of sorts.......Of course the kids awoke to find the Easter bunny had visited.....there were filled baskets and had left some eggs outside......the kids had to hurry because it was snowing and sleeting!!! Eric got a fire started in the fireplace.....we decided against making the drive to St. Louis due to the weather.....

I went onto the Swedenborg Community and read a lovely sermon and got to listen to "Morning Has Broken"....boy did that bring back memories of growing up in Fryeburg! I had a few more "missing my Mom" moments throughout the day as well......somehow Easter always reminds me of her. I sometimes wonder if I'm the only one who holds her memory close....I have done some searching today on the internet of the Church as a whole....I've read some great stuff my Rev Sage and Dr George Dole.....but became rather hurt.....where I will find links and lists of "our churches....they all leave out "The Church of The Open Word and Garden Chapel"http://www.openwordchurch.org.

This was a church my mother loved....she put her heart and soul and life into the gardens.....now there is a beautiful memorial that my brother designed......but I fear people have forgotten......I know the church is struggling financially.....it no longers employs a full time minister.....but there is still life left.....one of my mothers favorite books was The Secret Garden ( for obvious reasons) about a little girl who is sent away to her Uncles mansion and stumbles accross a "secret" garden.....she thought that garden had died.....but a dear friend showed her that it was still alive.....isn't that similar to the St Louis Church? Jesus said " where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst...."

I wish we had made the drive this morning to hear my Father preach......I know his sermon would have been good.....I hope and pray for continued life in the church......My Mother's memorial says...."Come sit with me and meditate on God's Word"...........I need to go there more often.............