Fish Meal.

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I felt hungry after attending to the tasks of the day yesterday, so I hastened to an old favorite - French Baker. Ordinarily, my default order was a chicken ala king. But it was a Friday, the first Friday of the Lenten season, a fasting day. I was going to eat my only full meal of the day. And observe abstinence from meat. So, I asked the food server what fish meal choices may I choose from. There's the milk fish and the cream dory. Oh, cream dory is not much to my liking but I'd go for that. Milk fish is always easy for me to prepare. Then I muttered I would have loved to have my usual order but it's abstinence Friday. The food server asked, 'Why is that?' I simply answered that we are supposed to pitch in the suffering of our Lord. She said she didn't know that. Nobody ever told her about that. I apologized for the neglect that my generation has done to the next, that we have not taught them the important things like mortification. The food server was amused and wanted to listen for more. But I urged her to go about her duty, for there were other ladies waiting. She thanked me for telling her about sacrifices. The fish meal came with hot soup. Satisfying.