Ash Wednesday

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten Season. This morning Pete and I went to Mass and received our ashes. While I have had bad experiences at work when wearing ashes, I thought that here would be different. People here are well educated and have been all over the world. They work with people of many different races and nationalities. I thought that there would some understanding. I guess I was wrong. You would think I had 666 tattooed on my forehead the way people looked at me today. There were some that knew what it was and did not question. A few that questioned in a good way about the meaning and other practices that go with the Lenten season, but overall I got a lot of people telling me I had a little something on my forehead. I expected more and I was sadly disappointed.