Our family has never celebrated lent before. In fact, we keep religion mostly private unless we are praying for someone. Is that weird? I don't think so, but some people would say it's crazy and that we just couldn't have a strong family if we don't practice religion religiously. ;) I say that our family is strong because we communicate, we love hard, we do pray often and privately and we have a LOT OF FUN! I talked to one of my friends the other day and she told me that it makes her feel uncomfortable when she is asked to pray out loud because she feels like it is private. I agreed because like politics, I think it is weird and "wrong" to push your religion onto anyone else. Praying for me is almost like meditation and journaling. I love to do it, it makes me feel whole, but I want to talk to God about things that are private and things that I just don't want to share with anyone else. Yes, I was raised going to church, Sunday school, etc. but I didn't ever get into the groove where I thought it was fun, exciting and I for sure never loved it! I also go along with the belief that going to church doesn't make you any more Christian than the next person who chooses not to.
Our kids started going to the Catholic school this year, so they decided to give up something for lent. Myles and I decided to jump on the bandwagon with them to support them and WHY NOT?! Ashton decided that he will give up time on his iPad to exercise more, Ariah is going to volunteer at a nursing home, Keegan is going to give up time on his iPad to pick up our community and Myles and I are going to give up Facebook from the time that the kids are picked up from school until they go to bed. :)
We are excited to see how this goes and to do this together as a family!
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