Joseph always loved Easter - what is there not to like, the holiday involved chocolate -his favorite food! When the kids were little we would just take chocolate and throw it all over the backyard and the cousins would run around crazily picking up as much candy as they could. That and we put pennies into the plastic egg - Daniel would trade chocolate for pennies.
In 2007 Ray and I went to Spain over Easter break, Kyle was in Greece on a Fordham trip, Daniel at school. But Joe always came home for Easter, so he drove home to have Easter dinner with the family at Cadie's. Joseph loved family holidays. I guess the last Easter we got to spend together was in 2006.
In Africa the Easter mass was extensive, 3 to 4 hours of the service. Joseph said everyone went for the entertainment. After the mass, from what I could tell, Joe would wander around town visiting the students, neighbors and the VSO volunteers. Last year I sent him a package of Easter chocolate, he was thrilled. He told us he had to ration it, or he would get sick.
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