Several years ago, after work I went to Meijer to grab a couple of groceries and went to the back and picked up my butter, moved to the yogurt and saw this strange man. He really wasn't a man, well, maybe in age, but not in the mental department. You could tell when you saw him or heard him speak that he was challenged. As I looked at him out of the corner of my eye, I realized he had smudges on his face of dirt. I thought to myself, 'awe...poor guy didn't get his face clean before him and his mom came grocery shopping."
I made my way down a few more aisles and I had a strange overwhelming sensation that I was in the twilight zone. Each aisle the sensation became stronger as I noticed more and more people in the store with smudges on their face. And for more than a brief moment I thought aliens had landed at my local Meijer store!
Then I realized, 'Duh! It is Ash Wednesday!' We weren't being overran by aliens in Meijer...just practicing catholics!
Every Ash Wednesday I think of this faithful Meijer trip... Remember, no meat today!
PS: What are folks giving up for Lent?
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