Forgiveness
Today is forgiveness Sunday and the start of Great Lent. I was blessed to attend Liturgy followed by Forgiveness Vespers with 3 of the kiddos. It was the first time I had done forgiveness vespers, in the past I skipped almost all of the special Lent services but since the kids are getting older I want them to both see me participating more as well as participate themselves in the life of the church. It was especially sweet to see M sort of participating in the way only a 5 year old can. Throwing herself to the ground for full prostrations - as everyone else stood up, and then only forgiving certain people while refusing to ask for forgiveness: “I don’t need that”. Tomorrow is “Clean Monday” and the start of “Clean Week”, which we will try to keep by doing a bit of spring cleaning. The weather looks like it will cooperate by being cold and rainy so there will be no temptation to visit the park. I know this is a bit of a weird entry, but I wanted to check in now at the start of Lent
