Queen of Rambles

happy free for all friday everyone! it’s tracy from everymoment.org. :-)

easter traditions for me have changed a lot in the past years… mostly cuz i was out of the country :-) (actually, the last two years i was in danmark for easter… kinda strange how that worked out) but i remember growing up.. finding my easter baskets before heading to church. then having lunch/dinner with family. and since most of my family is so close in proximity to each other (and we are a pretty close knit family as well.. which is a total blessing.. especially this day and age since it’s so rare lately.) we would visit my grandparents on my dad’s side for lunch.. and my grandparents on my mom’s side for dinner. (we do the same thing for thanksgiving and christmas as well. so every year we get TWO thanksgiving dinners.. TWO christmas dinners… etc.) and the funny thing about my parents is that they continue to hide easter baskets around their house…. even when i was in college. now mind you.. i’m an only child. so there were no other kids around to find easter baskets… just me. my parents are cute. :-P

as you can see.. we usually run around a lot for easter.. visiting family.. going to church… eating.. visiting more family.. eating more… still eating…… talking.. laughing.. and eating. so last year was quite a change for me. i traveled to danmark by myself for 3 weeks to visit my good friends over there. last year for easter.. i *gasp* sat in the sun. and that’s all. we did eat as well…. a wonderfully delicious home cooked danish meal in fact…. but i basically had hygge in danmark. (hygge is a danish word that has no english translation. it roughly means relaxed and cozy. it’s very descriptive of the danish culture… where sitting at a dinner table with family and friends… for HOURS… is not uncommon. candles are lit. stories are told. family and friends don’t rush through spending time with each other. and a whole LOT of coffee is consumed. :-)

because i am american.. the concept of hygge is hard for me to apply to my life… but i am working on that.. and planning on instituting a bit of danish culture in my own household when i have a family of my own. :-D

that’s all from me. feel free to stop by everymoment.org and drop a ffaf post on my page. :-) have a great friday everyone!

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