“It’s rusting underneath,” my mechanic said recently after changing the oil and rotating the tires on my 1991 Camry. “I’d say you have a year, but I wouldn’t push it to two.” My ex and I bought the car used from a Cincinnati area dealer in 1998 after I’d been rear-
Category: Lent
Lent 2013, Day 1: Ashes, Ashes…
The first time I went to church on Ash Wednesday was 2006, when a group of us from work walked to a DC parish that pretty much shovels people in and shovels them out on “Ash and Dash” day. I don’t have a strong memory of that first time a priest crossed my forehead with ashes. What I… Continue reading Lent 2013, Day 1: Ashes, Ashes…
Confessions of a “Church Lady”
I suppose it had to happen eventually. At approximately 6:50 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, I officially became a
Stopping Out for Lent
Here’s what my Lent looks like: