Easter - time of new beginnings each year

I love it when Easter comes each year because it signals spring, fresh green grass, flowers starting to bloom, and things just look fresh and clean.

i have also pondered why the Lord chose spring as the time for passover, Jesus' death and resurrection. That also seems to me a time of new beginnings each year. God's infinite love for us seems to cleanse and refresh us again after a dull blah winter. Also, it's a time we can reflect on the blooms or fruit in our lives and what Christ is doing to change us into the new creation we are becoming according to II Corinthians 5:17.

Since Texas

We returned from Texas on April 4th and I left April 6th to go to my aunt's funeral in Pittsburgh, PA. I could easily have skipped this funeral but decided I wanted to go. This was the last of 12 people who died on my dad's side, my dad being the first to die when I was 29 yrs. old. I did see these cousins at their dad's (my uncle's) funeral in Pittsburgh 3 yrs ago. Before that, I hadn't seen these particular cousins in about 49 years. Where does the time go? My decision to go was based on that I may never see these cousins again here on earth because we are so widely scattered.

As I have aged, family has become more and more important. These are cousins that we had a lot of fun with while we were growing up. But, as adults, we all went different ways with our jobs and are so widely scattered now. Katelyn, my granddaughter, got to go on the trip with me and we found that her family would probably have a lot in common with my cousin's son and family who live in Montana.

Thoughts about a family reunion have begun to creep into my mind. I am once again in touch with the oldest child in each family, so that is a possibility to pursue in my thinking. I used to think about it occasionally when all our children were growing up but had to push the thoughts out because there were too many obstacles. Now, maybe it's a possibility....