Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein

(If you’re wondering why these daily offerings are accompanied by photos of waves, it’s because of an old surfing adage: You learn something from every wave. We like to think we learn something from every day of Lent, too.)

A memory from near the middle of Ohio near the middle of the last century.

When I was about seven, one of my uncles acquired a used, …