This past weekend was filled with gathering surrounding celebrations and traditions. It all started on Friday. Our church, Redeemer Community Church, held a Good Friday service. It was somber, yet beautiful, remembering the death of Jesus. I sang and read Scripture. While this wasn't really play, I did enjoy the service, as it made me remember and ponder my faith.
After the service, we had a birthday party for my good friend Erin at the Irish Lion. We had such fun laughing and celebrating her. This is how I typically think of play- eating good food, drinking good beer, and socializing with friends.
On Saturday, we had a lingerie shower for my friend Emily, who is getting married in May. I was one of the hostesses, so I spent most of the morning baking and decorating. The shower was a great success- lots of people came, Emily got some great gifts ;), and the food was delicious. Again, this fits with my typical view of play.
On Sunday, we had our Easter gathering at church. I run our kids ministry, and we had 40 kids- we normally have about 20 kids. While it was a bit stressful, it was also really fun. After church, we had a pitch-in lunch. Again, this fit in to my traditional view of play.
I guess what I loved about this weekend was how many rhetorics of play I experienced (not sure if that's the correct word). Each experience had seemed to have elements of play that were shared, and other elements of play that were unique to that particular experience. It's amazing how this semester has broadened my view of play and made me think about how so much of life is play, if you view it that way.
It's interesting, I think many of us are at a point where we are identifying more things in our lives as 'play' or 'not play'; this 'fits' with a play paradigm, and maybe this doesn't...One thing that I think the class and the blogging experience has done for many of us is to make us think more about the different activities and occupations in which we engage -- how do they fit in our lives and who we are? Do they help us achieve balance emotionally? Contribute to our well-being? How?
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