Our Lenten Sacrifice

This year for Lent, a big sacrifice: I gave up meat completely to show solidarity for Junie's identical pledge (we later amended her obligation to meatless M-W-F's only). Since Ash Wednesday was March 1st, that meant I went 46 days without consuming the flesh of a mammal or fowl, the longest such stretch - by 45 days - since I was on baby food. As I enjoy both vegetables and fish it was not nearly as painful as I feared, and there were only two days that were truly difficult. I had two small pieces of meat yesterday as Lent ended, but I didn't overdo it, and frankly, it wasn't that big of a thrill.