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I'm Catholic, although I refer to myself as a Cafeteria Catholic (I pick and choose what I want i.e. I'll take the everlasting life, but you can keep your eternal damnation).
I have traveled to WDW at Lent before, but I was in my early 20s, had just lost my dad and hated God. So therefore, I gave nothing up for Lent.
Traditionally Morgan and I give up soda for Lent (in all its forms). I'm going to be at WDW for Lent and I know that it's going to be impossible to do this. (How am I going to have a hot dog at Casey's without an Ice Cold Coke to wash it down?)
Then I thought "junk food" - No dice there - I'm on the QSDP - basically every meal will be "junk food."
Chocolate? - That would leave out my precious Mickey Bars, choc chip cookies from the Main St Bakery...
Sweets? - Hello?
My co-worker suggested that I just give something up until I go to Disney and then pretend Lent is over.
Anyone else have this predicament? Any thoughts or advice?
Just jumped on board, can't wait to hear how the surprise turns out. I bet she will be super excited. I would love to surprise my kids, but I have such a big mouth that I doubt I could pull it off.
I'm Catholic, although I refer to myself as a Cafeteria Catholic (I pick and choose what I want i.e. I'll take the everlasting life, but you can keep your eternal damnation).
I have traveled to WDW at Lent before, but I was in my early 20s, had just lost my dad and hated God. So therefore, I gave nothing up for Lent.
Traditionally Morgan and I give up soda for Lent (in all its forms). I'm going to be at WDW for Lent and I know that it's going to be impossible to do this. (How am I going to have a hot dog at Casey's without an Ice Cold Coke to wash it down?)
Then I thought "junk food" - No dice there - I'm on the QSDP - basically every meal will be "junk food."
Chocolate? - That would leave out my precious Mickey Bars, choc chip cookies from the Main St Bakery...
Sweets? - Hello?
My co-worker suggested that I just give something up until I go to Disney and then pretend Lent is over.
Anyone else have this predicament? Any thoughts or advice?
I loved our priest's homily this weekend. He asked, why do people give up GOOD things (ie chocolate or beer - his examples!)? He suggests giving up BAD things - speaking ill of people, anger, etc. I am taking that to heart, and giving up yelling at my kids as a first form of communication. My DD is giving up not listening to me.
So, pick something bad to give up, or instead of giving something up, add something IN - spending time each day with your daughter recalling 3 things you are thankful for from that day (that should be EASY while at WDW!). People need to realize that what you do for Lent, shouldn't just be for Lent. It's a good time to start some new, better habits! And that's straight from my priest!
Good luck!
Glad that the flu is gone and that she is feeling so much better. Glad that the DME paperwork has come and is hidden away so the surprise can continue.
I loved our priest's homily this weekend. He asked, why do people give up GOOD things (ie chocolate or beer - his examples!)? He suggests giving up BAD things - speaking ill of people, anger, etc. I am taking that to heart, and giving up yelling at my kids as a first form of communication. My DD is giving up not listening to me.
So, pick something bad to give up, or instead of giving something up, add something IN - spending time each day with your daughter recalling 3 things you are thankful for from that day (that should be EASY while at WDW!). People need to realize that what you do for Lent, shouldn't just be for Lent. It's a good time to start some new, better habits! And that's straight from my priest!
Good luck!
I love this idea. I'm not Catholic but I'm going to do it.
I loved our priest's homily this weekend. He asked, why do people give up GOOD things (ie chocolate or beer - his examples!)? He suggests giving up BAD things - speaking ill of people, anger, etc. I am taking that to heart, and giving up yelling at my kids as a first form of communication. My DD is giving up not listening to me.
So, pick something bad to give up, or instead of giving something up, add something IN - spending time each day with your daughter recalling 3 things you are thankful for from that day (that should be EASY while at WDW!). People need to realize that what you do for Lent, shouldn't just be for Lent. It's a good time to start some new, better habits! And that's straight from my priest!
Good luck!
Love it Colleen!!! I've given up gossiping (much to my friends' dismay).
I loved our priest's homily this weekend. He asked, why do people give up GOOD things (ie chocolate or beer - his examples!)? He suggests giving up BAD things - speaking ill of people, anger, etc. I am taking that to heart, and giving up yelling at my kids as a first form of communication. My DD is giving up not listening to me.
So, pick something bad to give up, or instead of giving something up, add something IN - spending time each day with your daughter recalling 3 things you are thankful for from that day (that should be EASY while at WDW!). People need to realize that what you do for Lent, shouldn't just be for Lent. It's a good time to start some new, better habits! And that's straight from my priest!
Good luck!
This is what I do too. I don't try to give up the things that I like/love like foods, etc. I try to look for something that I could do/or stop doing to make me a better me and then work hard to do or don't do it for the entire Lenten season! Hope that helps!
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Oh what a great idea. I am not Catholic but I was raised Catholic and still give something up for lent.
I totally wish I had thought of that. This year I gave up potatoes. I miss them already.
So Zazzle rejected my t-shirt design (but thankfully refunded my money on the same day so I could reorder) because of copywright infringement. (The Minnie/Daisy that I had put on there was from clip art that I had found elsewhere. I'm hoping that's what it was.)
Soooo... went to their drawing board and ordered the same design, except with Pooh and Tigger back-to-back. No pictures of two female characters alone (only male/female or male/male, so I went with male/male).
Hopefully this one doesn't get rejected and if it does I'll just have to call my local screenprinter or (gasp!) print and iron them on myself!
I wish they had Disney World themed clip art - castles, rides, etc... oh well... I guess I can't have everything go exactly my way in this trip planning (and I've been pretty darned lucky so far)!
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