Easter - the first Sunday that comes after the first Friday that occurs after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

Easter - the day that church leaders hope to fill their pews and keep alive the income that gives them power.

Nature's signposts set that significant day on our modern calendar. The day is marked in various ways - egg-laying bunnies, egg decorating, egg hunts, overeating, fancy dressing, and church attendance. It is a true celebration of rebirth and the return of the sun to the northern hemisphere - first noted in central Europe. The tradition migrated with settlers to the North American continent.

American Indians celebrated the rising of the sun every day with the lodge door usually facing east to get the first rays of the all-sustaining star. From the sun we all get hope and a smile. Celebrate!