Agápē: Easter=Favorite Holiday!

Easter has been my favorite holiday for the past 5 years. I love the colors, springtime, easter eggs, easter egg hunts, but most of all, I love celebrating the resurrection of our Savior. The house I grew up in had a beautiful Dogwood tree in our front yard. That was my favorite tree, and to this day remains my favorite tree. During the Easter season the Dogwood tree would bloom with these beautiful white flowers with red pointy tips. I was told when I was a little girl that the flower represented the Easter story of Jesus. The white flower represented the pure innocence of Jesus and the pointed red tips represented the blood that he shed for us. Every time I see a dogwood tree I am reminded of Jesus death and resurrection. I hope to one day have many dogwood trees in my yard. They are breathtakingly beautiful and the symbolism of them mean so much to me.

This Easter was an awesome one! I got to go home to Hartsville and one of my very best friends, Brittany, came with me. We decorated sugar cookies and cupcakes. They turned out to be so cute. I got to show her where I grew up and the beauty of Hartsville. Most people think that Hartsville is this one stop light town, but boy are they wrong. The older I get the more and more I appreciate my home town. It is such a quaint, adorable little town. Brittany and I took bikes downtown and rode around everywhere in Hartsville. She really loved it and so did I! We had such an awesome time! We also went and walked around Kalmia Gardens. Kalmia has all kinds of trails through it. It is so much fun to explore. We did come across a snake and Brittany's reaction was to push me towards the snake and leave me there while she took off running! Typical Brittany thing to do. :) It was quite comical though! We went to the Easter service at my home church which was absolutely beautiful. We then came home and had a wonderful Easter meal that my Mom made. It was such a wonderful, beautiful weekend!!

I also want to make a shout-out to my friends Dannielle and Beverly. Easter of 2010 I met these two lovely ladies and they quickly became very, very dear friends of mine. So happy friendship anniversary to you ladies a couple of days late! I love you guys dearly!!!