http://www.howdyrowdy.com Random Stuff about My Family Mon, 24 May 2010 22:09:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.howdyrowdy.com/family/fasting/ http://www.howdyrowdy.com/family/fasting/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:00:53 +0000 Paul Pearson http://www.howdyrowdy.com/?p=318 Ok — we all know what fasting is, right?  Going without food for a while… it builds inner-strength, has some good health benefits, and is a means to increased spiritual and religious enlightenment.  Well, somtimes kids don’t understand the meaning of words they don’t know; so, they determine the meaning from the context in which they’ve heard it used.  Saturday, as we were about to have an afternoon snack with the kids, Porter pulled up his stool to the counter and looked at his food with wide-eyes  then loudly said, “(whew) I’m fasting!”  It was a little out of place… so I asked, “Porter, do you know what fasting means?”  He quickly replied, “YES, It means you’re really hungry!”  I guess he’s heard his siblings complain a lot about being hungry during their fasting attemts.  All I can say is that it’s pretty funny hearing a 4-year-old announce that he’s “fasting” as he digs into his Saturday nachos!

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