We have always made Pisanki for Easter in our family.
Maris loved making Pisanki.
I made this Pisanka for Maris.
I chose the design elements with certain things in mind.
It is red, white, and blue to honor his military service,of which we were so proud and grateful.
An 8-pointed star represents regeneration. Baptismal fonts, for example, are 8-sided. The rays of the sun illuminate the 8 directions. The 8-pointed star represents the sun as well.
The ladders represent travel and communion between the worlds of the living and the dead.
The flowers represent the beauty of nature.
There are so many other motifs and colors I could have used. But I will make another Pisanka for Maris next year. The story will go on forever. As long as someone makes Pisanki, the world will go on existing.
Maris Michael Butta, Senior Airman, son of Raymond and Deena, nee Weglarz; brother of Alexander and Philip Butta. A 2006 graduate of Gordon Tech High School, Maris was a member of the 8th Intel squadron in the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He was decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal and earned the following awards: Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 9 a.m., until time of service, 10 a.m., at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery. 
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Such a beautiful egg, Deena. I too have missed Maris with both his brothers around during Easter. I miss his calls to us. Mister Seaney called today to see how we were doing. He is a very nice man. Maybe he too is picking up on the energies.
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