| Happy Easter!
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from the
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Cindy L, Sheri L, Laurie M, and Cindy W) |
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| 18 times. Anything you do this many times can start to feel a bit part of you.
Easter Buddies is just that kind of thing for me. Yes this year was our 18th time gathering to put together Easter
bags full of goodies for the children who need to be in the closest Children's Hospital over this signficant holiday.
The closest Children's Hospital is an hour's drive by the way. If you've read any of the previous pages, you know
that Easter Buddies was actually born out of tragedy. One of our dear Easter Buddies' husband was killed in a
terrible accident while at work right around this time of year. Tragedies have a way of taking your breath away.
They also have a way of helping to clarify some of what we take for granted. We shouldn't, but we do. Lord, forgive us.
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Easter
Buddies 2018 (Lauren B - Tina B's daughter, Cindy L, Cindy W, Laurie
M, Tina B)
(Picture Taken by our Easter Buddies Hostess - Sheri L)
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Easter Buddies 2018 (Cindy W,
Lauren B - Tina B's daughter, Cindy L, Cindy W, Sheri L, Tina B)
(Picture Taken by Easter Buddy - Laurie M)
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Here are
some more snapshots from the day ...
This was just some of the stuff this year.
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Who doesn't enjoy a sweet stuffed animal.
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These are the ladies hard at work.
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Look at these faces! One of our favorite things to do while we 'work' is chat. |
... So each year we pause and acknowledge what God has
given us and reach out to those who are in crisis right that very moment.
It is an honor and joy even. The process that is. The process of gathering
things we know we will never keep. The process of choosing goodies to fill 1 bag,
then another, then another and on and on it goes. We filled 110 such bags to the
absolute brim this year. None of them the same as another and isn't that just
appropriate. None of our journeys are the same; none of the people who receive
these bags journeys will be the same. Yet through it all God remains God and we
treasure His promise of Easter. One who sacrificed for all who would just receive
His free gift, that they may know an eternity with Him.
And really as much as we enjoy each other's company and the joy of giving, we also
give thanks that any tragedy is temporary compared to eternity.
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