HAPPY EASTER

Happy Easter, everyone. 

A time for religious and non-religious celebrations. Bunnies, Lambs, chicks, new life, new leaves, Spring beginnings springing into life.

The return of the sun and warmth. 

Apparently, Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the equinox.  The divine moon decides when we have Easter.

It's about Jesus being crucified on the cross and rising again when he vanishes from a stone tomb. Where I live, 3 crosses get erected on a hill to symbolise this.  Even though I'm not religious its a nice sight to see.

And Easter is about abundance of food- simnel cake, easter biscuits, hot cross buns, chocolate easter eggs, roast lamb dinners.  And a 5-day weekend if you're lucky enough not to have to work. 

But the 5-day weekend can be a drag for some people. 

Going to be Debbie Downer now and say if you're a baby boomer, empty nester without transport, those 5 days and any bank holiday can just be a reminder that it's a time that your offspring have flown the nest, have families of their own and will exclude you from festivities.  Whether they mean to or not. Or more than anything, and rightly so, do their own family thing.

It doesn't make things any easier to stomach or cope with the reminder that you/ l am alone and isolated. There is no affordable transport on a Sunday or a bank holiday.

Anxiety prevents me from wandering alone around the local area despite the glorious weather. If I were to live within walking distance of a beach, I wouldn't have a problem walking alone. But in an urban-rural area alone, I do.

I think the plan of action for future bank holidays would be to book to go away to a seaside venue so that I can then dine and walk alone without any issues.