Easter

At this point in our marriage, pretty much everything is a "first," so last Sunday was our "first Easter" as a married couple. We spent the weekend in Raleigh with Laura's family and had a great time. We attended a sunrise service with Laura's parents at Meredith College's McIver Amphitheater which overlooks a lake. After the service, the four of us went to Krispy Kreme for some hot doughnuts and coffee. I do not normally care much for doughnuts, but HOT Krispy Kreme doughnuts melt in your mouth and really hit the spot early in the morning. But as good as the doughnuts were, they paled in comparison to the wonderful Easter dinner that Diane made. Along with Bill, Diane and Will, Laura's Uncle Doug and Great Aunt Lucile were also there for dinner. We really enjoyed being able to spend time with everyone and not having to rush away as soon as church was over.

Our weekend in Raleigh also included watching basketball, playing games, a wine tasting, billiards, and dinner at Taverna Agora which is an excellent Greek restaurant that I would highly recommend to anyone in the Raleigh area.

Laura and I have been reading The Chronicles of Narnia together and were near the end of the The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe when we left Raleigh for Winston. Laura read as I drove. As she read about Aslan taking Lucy and Susan to the Witch's castle (right after the Witch had sacrificed him on the stone table) and breathing new life into all the creatures who had been turned to stone by the Witch; Laura and I both thought that this was an appropriate and wonderful allegory of Easter. After his death and resurrection, Aslan began to make everything new again! He turned hearts of stone into hearts of flesh!