Sorry this is a few days late, but I have a confession to make. I didn’t want to tell you. That I was giving up something for Lent. In case I failed. And then I’d be a half-hearted Lenter, in which case, why Lent at all?
I didn’t grow up Catholic. But I’ve always had plenty of friends each year, back to when I was in college, who planned, thought through, and followed through on forty days without a certain item, activity, or most often a particular food or drink.
When I was a college senior, I decided to give it a whirl. Continue reading
