Woke up to the thoughts of how Easter was as a kid, even though being a child in a mixed household it was always a holiday that we celebrated. I remember pops hooking us up with some fresh french toast and getting all dolled up to fo look for eggs in the garden.
Then I remember when I got older and my family broke apart I took it upon myself to make sure that my little cousins had as much fun as I use to so they would come over so we could decorate eggs and we would have our own day full of treats, egg hunts. I was able to see that within our Muslim culture Easter just wasn’t something normal for us to celebrate since it has religious ties. But as a child from a different generation and from a multi religious family it was more about getting together, being artsy and have fun. So I wanted them to do the same.
When we had my first niece we went back to family gatherings with both of my parents, my brothers family, his in-laws my uncles family, and our family friends. We stayed having bbq, picnics, parties and egg hunts. But that only lasted a little while, people wanted to do their own thing with their own families.
I started teaching so I was still able to celebrate with my kids and make them happy with the holiday the way that I once was. Of course other teachers and classes looked at us confused because it was my yearly joy to celebrate it with them for the full week leading up to spring break.
I just think that the holidays are a reason to celebrate and have fun, not for the exact reason that the holiday was started. If you know me you know that I’m all about happiness and making people happy so the holidays serve as that purpose. But in all honesty the holidays are changing in significance since my pops died things changed for sure and my love for them have been altered. Maybe because they are now memories of those in the past or maybe it’s a reminder of what I don’t have. But then again I’m not one to mope around or be sorry amor sad about something so instead today I decided to get up, make french toast like pops use to, I got ready (full glam) and did the quarantine thing.
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