Happy Easter!

Well, I arrived in Texas just in time to spend yet another Easter alone. Or so I thought. Last year I had papers to write or something, and so I wasn't able to spend the holiday with my family. I spent it alone, working away and eating a hot pocket for Easter dinner. I had feared this holiday would pass in the same way, only without the school-work to distract me. Instead, a good friend living a few hours away invited me to visit his family for the weekend. His parents and sister, whom I had never before met, graciously took me in and treated me as though I were family, quickly making me feel as though I were at home. It is not just anyone who would open their doors to a complete stranger on what is traditionally a day spent with loved ones. This was an Easter I will not soon forget.