Lent Begins
started all over again! I'm still adjusting to the fact that Lent started. Doesn't it seem like we tucked away the Christmas decorations? Oh the passage of time goes faster and faster. I grew up Catholic (and still am) and historically for Lent I would give up something, usually candy and would fail before Easter. I remember my mother taking Lent seriously. Very seriously. She once gave up smoking and lasted about five days. Those five days were stressful for us kids! I'm sure those five days were pure agony for her as well. She switched her intention after five or so days. I admired her for those five LONG days and she did quit smoking later in life successfully. I guess I could give up something. The first thought was my "complaining". I focus on being positive and present in my journal writing daily and here on my blog, but in person I can go on and on about complaints. So much so that I don't like the way I sound. Compla