A Handy Smudge

Today is Ash Wednesday.  It marks the first day of the season of Lent leading up to the celebration of Easter. It’s that unusual annual observance which includes lining up to receive a smudge of ashes on your forehead. If someone asks you what it's all about, you could tell them that having ashes smudged on your forehead this day, in the shape of a cross, is a spiritual version of the popular game, “Who am I?”