Last spring, Easter Sunday fell on March 23, the second earliest date on which it can possibly fall. The last time Easter came this early was 1913, and the next time it will fall this early on the calendar will be the year 2160—truly a unique Easter fact that perhaps few of us where aware of at the time.
Last spring, Easter Sunday was the most memorable of my life, though not for the facts mentioned above. It was special for me because my sweet little daughter, Michaela Ann, was born at 7:35am the day before, Saturday March 22. The day before I joined my church family to celebrate the resurrected Life of Christ, I gazed into the big brown eyes of my wife and I’s very own miraculous 6lb. 13oz. little bundle of life.
So each spring hereafter—even if Easter arrives as late as April 25 (which won’t happen until 2038, by the way)—I will always be reminded of the beginning of my daughter’s “post-womb, pre-heaven” life: She might as well have two birthdays each year, March 22 and the Saturday before Easter!
Last spring, Easter Sunday was the most memorable of my life, though not for the facts mentioned above. It was special for me because my sweet little daughter, Michaela Ann, was born at 7:35am the day before, Saturday March 22. The day before I joined my church family to celebrate the resurrected Life of Christ, I gazed into the big brown eyes of my wife and I’s very own miraculous 6lb. 13oz. little bundle of life.
So each spring hereafter—even if Easter arrives as late as April 25 (which won’t happen until 2038, by the way)—I will always be reminded of the beginning of my daughter’s “post-womb, pre-heaven” life: She might as well have two birthdays each year, March 22 and the Saturday before Easter!
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