Good Afternoon All & Happy Easter!!!
We had a Super Moon rise above the road near The Tana House in Martin City, Montana the other evening. I think it captured the glory of this day…the day of all days…when Christ rose from the dead and gained the victory for us over sin and death. What a gift we are given by our Creator! There is lots of celebrating in Heaven and Earth this day (I imagine every day is a celebration in Heaven). It’s amazing to me that the Creator of the Universe would think enough of each of us to offer each of us an opportunity to be reconciled to Him through the sacrifice His Son made on the Cross and then to be separated from His father in the depths of Hell to then be risen in Glory to be with His father for eternity. Wow!! Like the Super Moon in Montana the other night, Easter takes one’s breath away. Happy Easter to you and your loved ones!
As we were returning to Spokane yesterday, we were traveling along Montana Highway 206 and, lo and behold, we observed a magnificent statute of a moose with a surgical mask over its snout! Never let it be said that Montanans aren’t geared up to fight the coronavirus! Although right across the road from the moose in a farmer’s field, lay a multitude of powerfully majestic elk gathered together in close quarters, enjoying each other’s company…obviously the elk haven’t gotten the word yet about the benefits of “social distancing”!
Speaking of celebrations like this Easter Day, here’s to my wife, Judy, on the 40th anniversary of our wedding in Lewiston, Idaho! How about that? She is really “something special” for putting up with all my foibles and idiosyncrocies for that long! I had a dream last night and could see one of my favorite photos of all time of Judy and me on our wedding day outside of her family’s home on Tammany Creek Road with the beloved family dog, Jiggs, who wanted to to be in our wedding picture, no less! It was one terrific April day in 1980 when we said our “I dos” to one another. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner and friend with whom to travel this road of life. Happy Anniversary Judy!
In addition to Easter and Wedding Anniversaries, there are birthdays to celebrate today. Here’s to my childhood friend and high school classmate, Jim, Alaska attorney and fisherman extraordinaire, who celebrates his birthday today! If memory serves me correctly, this marks his entrance into Medicare age…the big 65! Happy Birthday Jim! And Happy Birthday to jazz musician Herbie Hancock, who is 80 today; to singer/songwriter Vince Gill, who turns 63 today; and to actress Claire Danes, who is 41 today! Here’s to all of you!
Here’s the thought for the day:
“A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.”
Here’s to a spectacular Easter Day and lots of love and good wishes always!
Press on,
Papa ‘a (Dad, Uncle Mark, Mark, etc.)