Some of you may know I was raised in a polytheistic home. My
mother was Protestant, my father Catholic.

Today I am choosing to recognize Ash Wednesday as it was meant
to be. A period of renewal and preparation.

What is it, you ask, that I’m giving up for Lent?

Bullshit. Yes, that’s right. I’m giving up bullshit.

Now, don’t think me disrespectful. I mean it! It’s something
that I’ve been giving a lot thought to. Not because I want to become a
practicing Catholic again, but because I have the intellectual acumen to see
the good in the original intent.

But think about this for a minute.

In our society of extreme and unrecognized deservency issues, we
all put up with so much bullshit in our lives. We’ve come to depend on it. We
use it to deprive ourselves of happy relationships, good meals, self-care and
more.

So join me in giving up bullshit for Lent.

I will not be eating meat today, or any Friday during Lent. Not
because I want to be Catholic again, but because I want to observe the
ceremony.

I’m not going to the church to get my ashes – y’all know that
shit would catch fire the moment I walked in the building.

But I am going to focus the next 40 days on giving up the bullshit.
Focusing on selfcare and taking the time that I WANT to take with my children and
myself.

So, yes for Lent I’m giving up something toxic and treating myself
well.

I’m not a religious scholar and was never a good Catholic but I’m
thinking this may be what they had in mind when they said – A time of renewal.

Join me, come to the bright side and enjoy this time.