Our family cannot all be together for Easter.
As many families cannot.
We will get to be with Ryan who lives with us, and hopefully with Sugarwings and her two moms, if all goes well. We are two separate households, but since we have Sugarwings while her mom works at the hospital, we figure that it is not breaking the distancing rules to be with the three of them.
Since our Hippie Chick works in Labor and Delivery, and Ryan cooks for a nursing home, we feel like every decision we make in gatherings or outings can affect a new mother and baby or someone’s grandparent.
So, we weigh our moves carefully.
We will do our best to stay away from as many people as we can, and appreciate what we can do, and keep the people we cannot be near, close in our hearts.
We are blessed with what we have, and that our family is healthy, if not in hugging range.
Having a grand fairy around part time has kept us active and involved. She has home school and martial arts online for some of the day, but that leaves plenty of time for crafting.
In preparation for the holiday, she made these hatching chick jars to fill with treats. I love seeing what she comes up with. And I love that she is still able to keep us company and be part of our world during this.
My sacrifices have been small during this time. I refuse to be sad that I do not get to be with the whole family for one holiday.
Oh, yes, I miss them.
I miss them all, tremendously.
But if each of us can think about that unknown person that might be saved by our own sacrifices, that is how we can make this work.
In my mind, it is that new mother and baby that our Hippie Chick is caring for. Or the grandma that Ryan makes a meal for.
Thoughts of them, having an Easter dinner next year, is what makes this present, quieter Easter bearable.