"It Takes Two!!": Lift High the Cross: Easter and the Pelican Perch

Wow! The sun was shining, smiles a glowing! Robert and I were worshipping in Hartsville with my three little sisters! We were home! We worshipped with the family that nourished us in our early days of dating and celebrated with us upon our engagement! Jeri in the pulpit, Anna directing the choir, children giggling, youth passing notes...we were home! During "Lift High the Cross" I looked around the sanctuary in Hartsville...all the faces that nurtured Robert and me for 3 years! I looked down the pew at my sisters singing "Jesus Christ is Risen today" and my heart melted! What a beautiful celebration indeed! After worship and a delightful meal wtih the Perkins, Robert and I loaded up and headed to the beach..to the Pelican Perch! Once we got there, it hit me... this is another place i call home! The Pelican Perch, for 15 years, as been the hub of family memories! Birthdays, 4 of July parade and fireworks, spring breaks growing up, girls reunions, family time, our engagement, making family videos, and so much more! Robert and I immediately went to walk on the beach...the same beach he proposed on, the same beach my sisters and cousins first played on, the beach of the annual bacce ball tournament, the beach that at 5 oclock during the summer we covered with boiled peanuts and laughter, the beach that for 15 years has brought much happiness to our lives! The breeze and rays of sun were refreshing! That next morning, when i woke, after a yummy breakfast at eggs up and sending robert off to play golf with some good buddies, I sat on the back porch with the sun in my face reflecting on life spent at the Pelican Perch! The beautiful memories it holds...the voices that echo through the bedrooms and living room, the meals that have been blessed around the table, mr. guy dancing last year when we had "Club Chub" (Chub is memama's nickname) during the 4th of July celebration! What a great way that morning to reflect on Easter! Robert and I were Home in so many ways this past weekend! Last night we went to purchase plantation blinds for our home in charlotte as we start leaving our handprints on the walls of our first home! We are making another home, another place that holds a cherished spot in our lives together! Spring is here! Jesus Christ has Risen Indeed! May today we celebrated the "places" God has blessed us with to make precious memories and New Life to come!

Spring at the Lane's!