Feasting on a Diet

He Is Risen.  He Is Risen Indeed!

My parents were visiting last weekend and my father helped me put up a new mailbox post.  I had bought a garden flag to attach to the side and the flag was a cross that said "Alleluia."  My dad said, "Good thing we're putting this up now that you can have your flag up for a day."

"Oh dad, Easter is for 8 days!"

So how are you celebrating this Octave?  What are your plans for the whole Easter season? 

This has been my struggle...how do you "Feast" beyond indulging in food? Let's just list a few... spend those gift cards you've been holding onto since Christmas, spend more time outdoors, let your kids do those art projects you cringe to do because of the mess, get a hair cut and make yourself feel pretty, decorate your home for the celebration...heck whatever it is do it with a heart that proclaims, "The tomb is Empty!  Salvation is mine."



Find free printables on Pinterest like this and actually get them ordered on photo paper enlarged to help decorate your home.

Personally this has been more difficult since I was in a car accident Monday evening.

I was feeling good on my way to the Y.  The sun was shining bright and I had that springtime Easter feeling when a lady made a wide turn out of her drive crossing over to my side of the street and smack...  I hit my head and lost my car for an undetermined amout of time.  I've been feeling restrained to the house with the kids going stir crazy and a bit depressed about the situation.  Some Pease's chocolate may have ended up in my hands...mouth...hips.  I said to myself, "Give me that chocolate, I'm celebrating the Resurrrection,"  but really my heart was saying, "relax, protect yourself, you were exposed to trauma."

Seriously though, 50 days of Easter is long. This great post at "Faith and Family Live" points out that when ordinary time comes there doesn't appear to be a transition because so many of us have already stopped celebrating. 

It seems so easy to balance everyday life with denying ourselves during Lent.  How can we balance everyday life with the celebration of Easter?  What would you do?  What Do you do?