And the world spins backward on its axis...

I haven't been going to church here in Orlando. It's been a bit of a social experiment of my own invention. My logic is that after nineteen years of almost continuous church, a break may not be a bad thing. However, here I am just over seven weeks into my program and the biggest of stumbling blocks took out my well laid experiment.

Ash Wednesday.

I know, for most it's the beginning of Lent, but past that there's not a deep tie, but I think that of all of the church holidays - Christmas and Easter included - Ash Wednesday is the one that is most important to me. It's the one church holiday that is about vulnerability and reality and imperfection and stripping away all of the nonsense in a way that no other church holiday is. I like that. Then again, I like the aspect of being vulnerable in church. I think that's a place that should always be safe - it's not always true, but it should be. So, being all by myself, away from my nuclear family, my church family, my school family...it was much tougher than I had anticipated. 

All that said, I do love Disney. It's more removed that I thought it would be. I was used to the Valpo bubble, but the Disney bubble is even more impenetrable. It's crazy.