11 Apr 2009 – Happy Easter

2005: Katy & Ellie at the 75,000 Easter Egg Hunt

2009: Katy, Ellie & John with the Easter Bunny

An Easter trivial question…

Q: How many eggs is a woman born with?

In Pagan times the egg represented the rebirth of the earth. The long, hard winter was over; the earth burst forth and was reborn just as the egg miraculously burst forth with life.

With the advent of Christianity the symbolism of the egg changed to represent, not nature’s rebirth, but the rebirth of man. Christians embraced the egg symbol and likened it to the tomb from which Christ rose.

While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described above, a pious legend among followers of Eastern Christianity says that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the risen Christ.

A: 400,000 potential eggs but only one is released monthly.

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed – Martina Navratilova