Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Although I am not Catholic, my mother was, and attended St. Anslem's Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago when she was a child. I took the above photograph a few years ago in front of that church, holding a photograph of my mother in her First Communion dress. Since I wasn't raised Catholic, Lent never had much meaning for me, although it is an important event for many Catholics. I remember once many years ago Annette, the General Merchandise Manager of the DU Bookstore at the time, gave up beer for Lent. Talk about getting serious about religion. It was a very traumatic 6 weeks, at least for the rest of the staff. As I recall, Annette was a bit on the crabby side during that period, but still got through it. Although I must say, she never seemed quite the same afterwards.
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