Lent

Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:01:12 -0500
From: Tessa
To: Emily
Cc: Eleanor Margaret
Subject: yo

hey ladies! emily i wanted to know how you were doing. how are you doing? i wanted to tell you both that i am (per usual) giving up something for lent. this year…

chocolate chip cookies! a la eleanor. or as they say here [in Ecuador], ‘choco chip’

im reserving the dark chocolate cookies that they have rarely as not part of lent.

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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:11:55 -0500
From: Eleanor Margaret
To: Tessa
Cc: Emily
Subject: Re: yo

tessa, i am real impressed by your sacrifice for the lord. no potatoes this year, huh? i wasnt going to give up anything, then my friend luke said i had to so i gave up nutella. i never even had it till i came here, then i bought some, then i was a fatty. thus nutella is my lenten sacrifice.

how are youuuu? did you get my email em? i loved your letter/artwork! i love and miss you both! im leaving for sicilyyyyyyy tomorrow. word.

MUAH

love els
xoxo

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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:31:50 -0500
From: Emily
To: Eleanor Margaret
Cc: Tessa
Subject: Re: yo

Wow, I can’t remember the last time I gave something up for Lent officially. I guess this year…I gave up Mount Holyoke! Hahahaha…okay, I’m sure one day I can look back on this and that line will be funny.

I don’t even know what I could give up because right now nothing tastes good or sounds good or feels good, which is really discouraging and pretty sad. So I guess that’s how I’m doing, not so good, but I’m trying to at least keep a sense of humor about it, and getting e-mails from you guys helps so much, you have no idea!

I think I will also give up los choco chips and nutella then, which is sort of cheating because I haven’t had a choco chip in a really long time anyway and I know there are none in the house, and there has NEVER been nutella in our house, so no big loss there. But The Lord will understand, right?

Tessa, I hope that dark chocolate cookies are not so rare in your future so you can ejoy them more during Lent and Ellie, have a fabulous time in Sicily!

Love you both a lot,
XOXO
Em