Ash Wednesday

Yesterday I participated in my first Ash Wednesday. I had always acknowledged Catholics in their religious devotion to the day but had little understanding of the symbolism of the day. Luckily I had the opportunity to participate in supper and listened to pastor Buddy explain the meaning behind the day. I did not know that Methodists partake in marking with the ashes but I'm very glad they do. Attending my church more often, I'm finding that I am starting to understand who I am and what I believe. I appreciate the fact that the Methodist have a great moral conduct but allow for individual interpretation. With Kevin coming from the Catholic church and myself growing up in the Baptist ways, I think we're a good fit at St. Paul.

 As a side note, I sometimes do not believe that Kevin truly grew up in the Catholic church. For example, I came home from teaching pre-k and excitedly asked him to guess what today was....he had no clue, so I yelled out Fat Tuesday...he still had no clue...Mardi Gras I said....he was like ohhhh yeah....
Then, last night Kevin and I met in passing, since he had a 30 something hr work schedule, and Kevin's first words were "you have something smeared on your head..." I wanted to say, "yeah, it's Ash Wednesday...." He's a little slow, but we're working on him.

  It's been a great today and now I'm trying desperately to focus on my school work...it's not going so great since I'm on here. I can't wait to close on our house and I can't stop mentally planning!