Happy Easter to anyone reading this blog! For us, it has been a bit strange. None of our children to celebrate it with and yet, quite a busy sociable day.
We started the day walking to a lovely church just along the canal where we participated in an outside Holy Communion and were even permitted to sing. The familiarity of the words of the service and the act of Communion which I had not partaken in since Christmas was very special and though we were strangers, we were made to feel very welcome. It was a small gathering, 30 max I would say but there were a few children so the service ended with an Easter Egg hunt. I was reminded of a similar hunt approximately 25 years ago when we celebrated Easter in Scotland and the sun was so hot, it melted all the chocolate eggs!
The hot weather continued throughout the day so we sat out beside the boat and spoke to many people walking by. Thrupp is obviously a very popular place to walk and enjoy an outdoor coffee at ‘Annie’s’. We chatted to all the people in the boats near to ours as they were walking on the towpath and there was a very convivial atmosphere which served to make us feel less lonely.
At 5pm various family members, from both sides of the family, joined a Zoom for a ten minute Esster service, at the request of our youngest son. Considering how quickly it was cobbled together I think it went OK although the singing left a bit to be desired. We decided to unmute and all sing our hearts out with a lovely rousing hymn, ‘Oh Lord my God when I in awesome wonder’. I think God must have listened with awesome wonder at the cacophony of sound!! It was lovely to see so many of the family gathered together and of course it was chaos, as Zoom always is when a quantity of people are involved, unsupervised!
A Zoom with more friends followed and also with two of our children individually, so supper consisted of doritos and hummous. Even though I had planned more, I realised R had retired to bed mid conversation, so no doubt will be awake hungry in the middle of the night!
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