Ginger Giesen, Founding ENDOW Board Member, Colorado

The season of Lent offers to me the daily opportunity to review, reflect upon, and go deeper into my relationship with Jesus and God. While this is a goal for every day of life, the season of Lent sort of gives me 'de facto" permission to take more time to contemplate and pray. During Lent, our Catholic community has an almost "hushed tone" to it if you'll let yourself tap into it. It's way too easy to stay enmeshed in the hustle and bustle of an ordinary day and not feel, and rejoice in, God's presence. Lent almost feels like a gift; a gift in which God has given us an opportunity to experience very personally the depth of His love and the love His Son has for us.