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To: Edwarda who wrote (32028)3/4/1999 10:16:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 108807
 
Oh, well, there, you see, that's my problem. I didn't have a "Catholic mother." My mother was Catholic, but she was not brought up in the church. And my father's mother was a convert.

When I was in Catholic school, I always felt funny around the other kids' mothers. They were very different from mine. Everyone used to tell my mother that she looked like Elizabeth Taylor, so she used to dress like her, and wore makeup, and boots, and striking outfits, and costume jewelry, and was always striking poses. The Catholic mothers were like little brown wrens next to a peacock. I so longed to have a little brown mother like all the other girls.



To: Edwarda who wrote (32028)3/5/1999 1:00:00 AM
From: Krowbar  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
I can still remember getting soundly scolded for taking (gasp) a drink of water about 55 minutes before my first communion. I would faint regularly at long masses, which I was required to attend. Now that is child abuse on a large scale. It was very common to have 2 or 3 children fainting at every mass. We were always told that it was nothing compared to the suffering of Christ on the cross.

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