happy easter

tonight as i was filling bunnie baskets with grass and surprises i imagined what i would say to my little women tomorrow morning when Easter happens. 

"jesus died. and we used to think death was forever ... but then He woke back up. so now when we die it's only for a little while, not for forever."

that got me to thinking about how i really actually believe this. Jesus died. He lay dead for 3 days. then He lived again. how incredible it must have been to witness that! to feel the feelings those who loved him must have felt: hope, joy, doubt, fear, confusion ...

then this was born:

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that's first draft, straight-from-my-head-to-the-paper copy. it all came pretty fast ... it's a guitar song, and i don' really play guitar all that well, so it might take a while to get the music going on this one. but it's there, in my head ...