Happy Easter
Easter is one of those Anglosaxon traditions that always seems to fly by me. I would have not even realized it was Easter weekend if I hadn’t called my Mom and asked her where she would be and she said “in Mexico City, visiting your cousin, as it’s Holy Week“. WHOA. Holy Week already!? When I lived in Mexico, as students, we had Holy Week and Easter Week (2 weeks of MUCH NEEDED holiday).
But here, as I work 7 days a week, I wouldn’t have known unless, of course, my clients were not working (and the university is, of course, closed for the most part). Clearly, I am using this 4 day weekend as an opportunity to catch up on (what else? work, and of course, blogging). But I remember clearly that my Mom asked me “don’t forget to go to church on Sunday“.
Somebody told me you shouldn’t talk (or blog) about sex, religion and politics. Truth be told, I think for the most part I stay away from all of those topics, in particular religion. I do believe that there is a God (atheists, please don’t drop a comment on my blog trying to convince me otherwise. Thank you). Despite my believing in God, my relationship with Catholicism has been somewhat severed for various reasons (all of which are private and thus you would not be privy to those – please don’t ask about those either).
But it always amazes me how different meanings Easter has for people, in particular in North America. I hear about the Easter Bunny, Easter egg hunts, Easter brunch. For the Catholic Roman church, Easter marks the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But I do not see the correlation between Easter eggs, Easter brunch and Easter bunnies.
Whatever the reason you celebrate Easter, I hope you have a good one.
Happy Easter!
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