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Amanda started this… just so you all know.

This is what I want you to do. At the bottom of this post, click the comment link. Now, I want you to leave me a comment and ask me any question that you want me to answer in my next post. It can be anything within reason… from the meaning of life, to my feelings on cats.

I don’t care if you’ve never met me, are my best friend, know me, don’t know me, or your computer is conspiring against your typing skills… ask a question. I’m hoping this will inspire some conversation. Plus, if you’ve got a site, I’ll link back to it. And I’ll give you an e-cookie if you really want one.

So… ask away!

The other night, my family and I went out to a lake in Tecumseh for Rosh HaShanah. It’s like a family tradition with us, to go to a body of water of some sort, and throw bread in the water. I can’t even remember the name of the service; we’ve only done it with others once.

For those not in the know, the bread is supposed to represent our sins. We empty our pockets of sin, and throw it in the water where it is carried far away from us. This is in preparation for the ten days leading up to Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement.

Usually we’ve gone to a moving body of water; a river, a stream, or a lake with movement. This year, the water was like glass. No waves, no movement. I got a completely different experience. As I threw each piece of bread in, it disturbed the water, and well-defined ripples radiated out from it, growing fainter and fainter until they completely disappeared.

It kind of spoke to me… the water wasn’t just taking my sins downstream, for someone else to deal with, but was almost diffusing it… making it disappear.

The fish helped. We attracted lots of them. Anyhow, just felt like sharing. Happy New Year!