40 days

Nothing like Lent to encourage a bit more contemplation, reflection, prayer, and peacefulness.

My vow at Day 1 is to catch up on the last four months in the next 40 days here in the blogosphere. More happened in the last one-fourth of my 28th year than I can process, really, so it's only fitting that I start busting out the recaps.

It's a fresh start today, the day after the fattest Fat Tuesday on record, which just so happened to coincide with my first official day as a 29-year-old (for the first time, right?). Check out the video below for the best present ever...

I have other promises and intentions for this year's walk through Lent, and I hope I can keep at least a few of them. Here's to a new year, in more ways than one. God bless the journey!