Many modern Wiccans and Pagans celebrate Easter as a time of renewal and rebirth. Derived from the word Eostre (also known as Ostara), an ancient Anglo-Saxon Goddess, she symbolized the rebirth of the day at dawn and the rebirth of life in the spring. Not particularly religious, the Pagan celebration of Easter has a certain appeal to my romantic sensibilities. This has become even more poignant in recent years as my daughter was born during Easter. During this special holiday, we are urged to take some time to celebrate the new life that surrounds us in nature, to walk in a park, lay in the grass, or to hike through a forest mediating upon the ever-moving wheel of the year that is the changing of the seasons.
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