April 9, 2023
On April 9th of this year we will celebrate Easter and the resurrection of our Savior. Three years ago on this date the Eads and Watson families were celebrating the birth of Watson Graham Eads just a few days before Easter Sunday. This baby boy would be born during the Covid pandemic and our family was not able to be at the hospital to meet our first grandson. We would all have to wait a few days for Watson and his parents to come home, but we would get to meet our new grandson on Easter Sunday. As I woke up that Easter Sunday I was filled with emotion about the resurrection of my Lord and Savior and also about the excitement of meeting my grandson who had been born three long days earlier. My thoughts immediately went to praying for and thanking God for the healthy little boy I would soon get to hold for the first time. I began to look back at the pictures that had been sent to us from the hospital and was amazed at the love I had for a little guy who I had never met. I also looked back to the text my son had sent to our family just moments after his son’s birth. The text said, “He’s here! He’s perfect”. These were only four simple words but they had so much meaning on a special Easter Sunday. When I met Watson Eads a few hours later I realized the text from my son had been exactly right. His son and my grandson was perfect!
I keep a picture of my son’s text from that day to remind me of the special little boy that was born on April 9, 2020. Most importantly, it reminds me of the Savior who was hung on a cross for me, was buried in a tomb, but rose again to sit at the right hand of His Father in Heaven.
This
year, on April 9th, we will celebrate the third birthday of Watson Graham Eads
who is just as perfect today as he was the day I met him for the first
time. We also get to be thankful that
our Savior is risen and the tomb is empty.
On this Easter Sunday we can celebrate that our Lord and Savior is here
and He is more than perfect!
