Our Crown of Thorns
Yesterday, my two younger sons and I made a Crown of Thorns. When my older son and husband got home they wondered how we would ever get all those ‘thorns’ out.
I was giving suggestions for what to do to remove a thorn: a good deed, a kind word, a special prayer for someone, even resisting a temptation. I gave the example of having a candy bar in front of me and not eating it. I don’t know if he was picking on me or trying to help me work on my strength, but my 8 year old then ran upstairs, got two pieces of Christmas candy and placed them in front of me. I jokingly tossed them at him and when I went to bed they were sitting on my bedside table. After my morning shower there were 3 sitting on the edge of my bed. If I don’t make a big deal about not eating them and taking out a toothpick, I think those pieces of candy will follow me around all Lent. 
