WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2017

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-- Ginger in Texas

Hello ladies,
Pulled an early shift so home before the sunsets, what a treat. Did a standing ab workout or so it was titled and then they did those rotten mountain climbers uggh. Anyway a 200k burn.

Still feeling under the weather.

Enjoy reading all your posts. You are all amazing women!

Sarah, Ontario

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Hi all - I've got to share this little story ... My boys grew up going to Catholic Churches and Parochial Schools; neither one is married to a Catholic.

DDnL#2 is a cosmetologist in Natchez, MS; and, one of the ladies she does hair for brought her teenage daughter in to get a haircut and style; which meant she also had her hair washed. She got a rag out, put straight shampoo on it and started rubbing the 'dirt' off the girl's head. She asked her what she was doing? Tami tells her that she had some dirt on her forehead and was just trying to get it off. The girls starts laughing; Tami follows her out to the main part of the salon and the girl is still laughing; first thing her Mother asks is, 'where are your Ashes'. She told her "Tami washed them off; well, she 'scrubbed' them off." Come to find out they always get their pictures made as a family with their Cross of Ashes on their forehead. She was so embarrassed and said she did not know what it meant. They said it was the Beginning of Lent, and then left. She goes home and tells Will about it and he burst out laughing. "Tami, the 'dirt' was the sign of the Cross and most Catholic leave them on all day as it is the beginning of Lent." Shrove Tuesday is the end of Mardi Gras; when you do what you are going to have to give up for Lent. Give up eating certain foods, smoking cigarettes, or drinking, etc.. She said, 'oh, so that is why they were laughing at me'. All I was trying to do was get the 'dirt' off her face.

She then called us and told us about it. We were both laughing. She had heard the stories of Shrove Tuesday and it being the End of Mardi Gras; but, never knew what it meant. Louis was telling her that Shrove Tuesday is when all the partying (reveling) went on because people were going to 'give up something' for Lent (40 days) starting on "Ash Wednesday". She asked him, like what? He said eating certain foods, drinking, smoking, (then he really started playing with her); and, said, 'oh things like having sex and kissing'. She said, 'uh, Papa; Mallory's in the car, so he quickly changed the subject; things like gossiping, anything that you normally do that might have become a 'habit' you want to break. She felt so bad about it. I told her 'don't worry about it, she can always go back and have them done again'. She'd just be 'blessed' twice.

Lenora

Tami said there was so much that Will had never told him about his 'faith'. I grew up Baptist; and, wanted Louis to take me to the Catholic Church. We then went through Catechism classes together. His first wife had no problem signing papers for the Church to set their marriage aside. They were not married in the Church. Lots of paperwork; but, her 2nd husband was a Catholic and they were bring his daughter up in the Catholic Church. She had used that as a ruse to allow him to let her husband adopt her so people would not ask why her name was different. However, Louis knew there was a lot more to it than that and would not agree to it. But, it would give his 'ex' the right to 'actually join' the Catholic faith, although she had been doing it all along.

Lenora

Mia - Loved all the pixs. Lucky girl!

Mia, great photo of you and DH - lucky you swimming with the dolphins! That wedding ring "ain't too shabby" Congrats on 30 years and here's to 30 more!!

Heather, that's the pits about that gal messing up your check deposit. And that attitude when you went back - ugh. Give me her phone number and I'll pretend she's a telemarketer -- I'll give her supervisor a nice jingle and you'll have it corrected immediately!

Katiebug, your grands are so cute! They should get first place for representing their characters so precisely (if they give prizes.) Love your sunshine - we're in for a cold rainy (possibly snowy!) week.

Becca, congrats on the certificates! Your TOPS group sounds like a lot of fun and very supportive.

Lenora, I went to Methodist churches throughout my life and the last one I attended had an "Ash Wednesday" service so we'd get ashes on our foreheads as well. We had an older pastor who really made the religion "come alive" - she passed away several years ago after an illness and I think about her still.

Becca and Lenora, I wanted to mention - how neat your boys' intellectual capabilities were recognized and you were able to work with them and encourage them. I think my DH is pretty sharp but as a child, his family was quite dysfunctional and he joined a gang (this is not the drug gangs we have today, he could have played an extra in "Grease" - some drinking and fighting, hot rods, girls.... This was in the 1950's and early 60's. Certainly no incentive or parental encouragement to study hard, go to college, or even finish high school.)

Thank goodness he joined the Marines - that really turned him around.

Lanette
SW WA State

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