When it comes to holidays and special events, I am a planner. I can do spur-of-the-moment on a weekend or in our daily lives, but not on birthdays or holidays. In fact, even if all we plan to do is nothing, I need to do it intentionally so I can adjust my expectations. Because when I expect or want one thing and it doesn't happen, I am disappointed.
This year, with family illnesses, the women's retreat, and everything else we've had going on, I somehow forgot to plan for Easter. I mean, I obviously knew it was coming up and was spiritually prepared, but I didn't make reservations at a restaurant or prepare a dinner menu.
On Friday night, I tried calling to make brunch reservations at a local restaurant, but the only times they had available were a real pain with Cora's nap. I hung up, defeated, trying to fight back tears. How were we going to celebrate the most significant event in history?
When I got up on Saturday bummed about our weekend, Jim said, "Lissa, we don't need a dumb dinner to celebrate. We can go for a picnic or write letters to our sponsored kids, or watch a movie... We can pick something new to be our 'thing.'" I was just so thankful to have input. I was glad I didn't have to be fully responsible for the planning.
We decided that we would spend Sunday afternoon in a "money meeting" while Brennan watched TV and Cora napped. This may not sound fun, but it was something we'd been really needing to do, and having it done lifted a huge weight off of us both, which made the rest of the day more enjoyable.
After Cora woke up I packed up a really delicious picnic dinner, and we headed to Warner Park. I had planned to stick to the paved trails with Cora in a stroller, but we decided to try the real hiking trails and see how she did. She loved it!!
As we were leaving, I said, "No dinner in the whole, wide world could have been that awesome." And Jim just smiled and said, "That's what I was thinking."
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