It is Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday is tomorrow. This is the latest that Lent can start and the ground is still frozen, covered in more than a foot of snow and it is -15 degrees outside. Do I really have to give up something for Lent? Isn't living in the wilds of Siberia penance enough?
Apparently, it is not; so, in the interests of a little pre-Lenten levity, I will tell you what some of the kids have commented regarding the upcoming season.
Joseph told me that he is giving up lying for Lent because, "I lie a lot, Mom. I really have trouble with lying." He then proceeded to tell me that he was also giving up 'lectronics for Lent. This sacrifice amounts to no TV on Saturday during quiet time which might actually be more of a penance on my part than that of the kids. Take note, Joseph renounced 'lectronics with a huge smile on his face; given that he always wears a grin (and actually tearily lamented the other night that he can't stop smiling so no one knows when he is sad), and that his decision to give up electronics followed the admission that he has a problem with lying, I am unsure what to expect from Joseph over the next forty days.
I haven't talked to the other kids about their Lent, but Ben did suggest that Daddy should give up Homework Helps (his four- hour [offspring-less] tutoring sessions on Tuesday and Thursday nights) because, in Ben's perception, "Daddy likes them so much." Perhaps Ben is more observant than I.
2 comments:
You need to remind Joe that giving up a sin for Lent doesn't actually count, ha ha!
My children are banned from ever giving up electronics... I think you know why.
p.s. It snowed here on Sunday (actually, more like ice fell from the sky) and yesterday it got up to a whopping -4!!! I think this was the worst day of weather I have yet experienced in Texas. The wilds of Siberia, indeed. (You'll be the ones laughing in August when it's been 40 degrees for three months straight down here.)
Ugh. Yes. It is Siberia. And I'd LOVE to give up minus 20 temps for Lent.
One of the students told me she started smoking so that she could give it up for Lent. Yeah. I think she and Joe should get together to have a little chat.
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