On Ash Wednesday, a couple weeks ago, I packed up the babies and headed to St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Lebanon for their midday service. In the Quaker tradition we don’t “do” Ash Wednesday; still, it’s the beginning of the church season of Lent in which people often adopt specific practices or short-term fasts as spiritual preparation for the joy of Easter. I’ve been spending enough time at the altar of our diaper-changing table that I didn’t feel the need—or the capacity—to take on some other new spiritual discipline, but I needed to practice transporting the twins on my own and I do love the Ash Wednesday liturgical experience.
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