Ramadan Kareem!

[PhoenixAzul]

My husband's boss is Muslim, and he says that Ramadan is his favorite time of the year, because after he pushes past the hunger and the grumpiness, he says it makes him more focused and more able to appreciate all that he has. I admire him a lot, and I know that the fast has to be challenging because the office is always full of food.

One of my former coworkers is an Orthodox catholic, and they observe a pretty strict fast during almost half the year (lent is 60 days, plus normal weekly fasts, and other holy days)! She's already a vegetarian, but she has to be vegan during fast days, abstain, etc.

As a Roman Catholic and a diabetic, I'm "exempted" from required fasting, but I still observe as much as I can (no meat, light meals, no more than I absolutely "need"). Further, and opinion varies on this, we are called to do something in substitution for not observing the fast-- my way around this is typically to cook extra food for meals on wheels or feed a neighbor or do something along those lines. Since I am "exempted" and allowed to eat, I should share what I am allowed to eat.