Easter

So how was your Easter ?
Ours was busy !
And the plan was always to make sure it was busy.
When there is a conflict and family dramas it affects everything that you do.
You have to re think every special occasion.
And you have to make every attempt to keep busy.
So come Easter 2017 we made sure that every day we attended a variety of  local festivals or markets.
We had to, or self pity would hit and we would have no capacity to do anything.
Our Easter Sunday actually became a turning point in a way that we did not imagine.
Now calm down, our family drama was not magically resolved.
We spent the Sunday wandering through a heritage display and being in awe of how people coped in performing tasks that we take for granted.
The friendliness that country people share, made  for such an enjoyable day.

                                                  Yummy camp oven scones and billy tea

After the heritage display we shared a lovely coffee and a very rewarding and cathartic chat with a very honest friend.
Sometimes you can have a chat with a friend and leave with a feeling that a weight has been lifted from your heart ,after a variety of subjects have been discussed and problems resolved. Three mature people able to sit around and repair a problem that arose many months ago. No raised voices or anger and apologies offered and accepted. Isn't that the way adults should behave. Thank you Andrew.
Our Sunday evening was spent celebrating Easter with our son and daughter in law and the 6 grandkids. A yummy meal was served and a celebratory wine was the order of the evening. It was fun to check out what Easter Bunny had delivered and to share and devour chocolate.  Happy smiling faces and lots of laughs. I wonder how the kids slept. I reckon they all had a chocolate high.
So do you destroy the happiness and emotional high of Easter Sunday and push your luck by checking out another festival on Easter Monday.
What an agonising decision.
So yes, we decided to go for a drive in the hope and anticipation that we may see  another two of our grandchildren. The feeling was like balancing on a knife edge.
What if you don't see them ? Maybe they won't even speak ! And is it a waste of time as you have no idea that they will even be there. How will you cope if the day is a failure?
But the risk was worth it.
After wandering around for some time and talking with a few people that we knew, we were rewarded with big hugs.
We had seen our grandchildren in the distance and had managed to exchange  a few words with one and only receive a very indiscriminate wave from the other.
They were hanging right back from us, certainly not like years ago: they would knock people over to get  to us to give us a hug.
I have no idea what happened but it was like a switch was turned on as all of a sudden our granddaughter came running over as normal and gave us a very loving and warm hug.
How good did that feel.?The love that flowed was so much more than you could imagine.
Do they see that some family members  ignore  us and look straight through us, if we are anywhere near them?
Will the grandkids learn this behaviour and do the same to people in the future ?
Only time will give the answer.
At least we were able to hand these two precious grandchildren their Easter chocolate.
Unfortunately we still have one Easter gift sitting alone in a cupboard waiting for its recipient.
We have no idea how she is or where she even lives !

It should not be this way !!!

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