With most of our family members busy with other extended family members, my wonder spouse and I anticipated a quiet Easter. We decided to take his older brother to our favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner after church (lovely music, favorite hymns), and made reservations for that a week ago. That was it, our big plan for the day, and it went very well.
But yesterday I received a text from my niece who lives in Tennessee saying that she and her husband were unexpectedly in town just for the weekend and could they come see us for a while about 4:00 this afternoon. This niece is especially dear to me because she is the first born of that generation. She was born a few months after my mother died and I have always felt some of my mother's spirit in her. She has grown up to have the same confidence and ability to tackle tough jobs that my mother had. She also has the same love of life.
So of course we said by all means come on over. We had a delightful visit which included sitting around talking and sipping wine (which they provided) and culminated in taking them to our favorite pizza place for supper. There are not a lot of restaurants open on Easter but B'Antonios was and, happily, we all like pizza.
As it happened my spouse and my nephew-in-law decided to share a Hawaiian pizza, made with ham and pineapple so they had an almost traditional Easter dinner. My niece had a taco pizza and I had a meatsa pizza. Maybe they will become a new Easter tradition. All in all it has been a delightful Easter day and I thank God for all the joys in my life.
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