Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
Once we brought them into the world, it took quite a while to get their schedules to adjust. So, for the first couple of weeks, I was up all night with them. I still remember telling people, "this parenting thing wouldn't be so hard if I could just get some sleep."
Wisdom isn't something that just happens, after all. It's a virtue, and virtues are developed and grown, slowly, in small steps.
Kids will do things that make us furious. We all have that kid in which we are so much alike that they push our buttons like they're playing Beethoven's 5th. Some of this is behavior that needs correction.
Fasting is known and practiced even by people outside of the faith. I've never had a conversation around the topic of Lent that didn't involve the question, "What are you giving up?" In addition, I know a great many lapsed and non-Catholics who still hold onto this tradition of fasting, and for good reason.