52 Weeks of Virtues - Week One

I decided to take my family on a 52 weeks of Virtues journey so yesterday we began. I have to say there were both positive and negative responses, but I pushed through as we talked about the virtue of moderation. I was proud to see my kids jotting down notes as we discussed moderation but sad that my husband sat there with his arms crossed making certain that we all knew he was not happy to be included in this journey but that did not stop me from making sure he was part of the conversation even if a little. Personally I was somewhat intrigued with the 52 virtues as I made a quick reference for my kids, I mean some virtues I knew, having been brought up in church it was no suprise that many of those virtues are also fruit of the spirit. Several weeks ago I posed a question to my son and asked him " what kind of man do you want to be?" I saw how that question impacted my son and I could also see that he had no real idea on how to answer that question. He mentioned a few men in his life, sadly none of which was his dad, but there are a few men that he finds to be good men. As he talked about my brother and brother in law he talked about them as hard workers, good to their family, good jobs and so forth so that is what has lead me to wanting to find a way to share with him the characterics of a good man through learning about virtues. I may not be a man in his life but I can still be a light and pray that through this God will help me and our family grow in virtues together. So this weeks task - practice moderation.