It’s in the Details-Happy Easter

Happy Easter! We are not a very religious family despite mine and my husband’s religious upbringing. As my daughter says, we tend to lean more toward the commercial side of the holiday. We love the details of giving gifts, dressing up and taking pictures, and making a large meal that can certainly feed more than just the three of us.

What I think is important is not about those fun materialistic items but the inspiration behind them. For example, I have been working for the past two months on my daughter’s Easter Basket. No, I don’t go to the nearest discount store and pick out the biggest cellophane wrapped garishly-colored basket. No, I painstakingly select individual items I know she will like or is on her wish list and then put them in a functional container I know she will use. I also chose something to inspire her this year, to keep her spirits up since she’s in the midst of a very challenging time of her life since it’s the end of her junior year having just taken the ACT and trying to better her times in track when last year she was injured. She has a lot on her mind and this year’s basket was about taking her back to being a kid who feels loved and cherished. No matter what age we are that’s what is important. Many times I am so busy with my own life trying to prove myself career-wise that I forget that I am a mom who has a beautiful, caring daughter and very patient husband. It’s so easy to let life overtake us and get pulled away from what matters most: our loved ones. That’s why I think it’s all in the details and the love motivating those details that matters.

Apparently, my daughter has been watching my patterns and she surprised me with a basket as well. I couldn’t believe it! This was the first year this has ever happened. I couldn’t help but chuckle when I spied both of our baskets on the kitchen table this morning. It was a lovely surprise and I felt very appreciated. She even had a theme to my basket, choosing my favorite color: orange, so that all the items had that in common. What’s even more ironic is that I did the same thing. The color theme for her basket was pink, of course since she’s Barbie. Like mother like daughter, I would say, and in this case, what a pleasant irony.

So this Easter, regardless of your beliefs, take time to show the ones who support you the year long the love you feel for them whether it is with a basket, a meal, or even a hug. We all need to feel the love behind the details.