Ha. I don’t mean only conservative Catholic, but any grandparent or older relative who grew up in more traditional times, when women didn’t have much choice, and who still think in traditional or religious or conservative ways.
My grandmother told me stories about how much she loved school and how much she wished she could have kept going (she couldn’t afford to). Instead, she married and had four sons, and married a second time after being widowed. Though she’s a strict Catholic and she and I avoid religious and political talk because we disagree and this makes for awkward conversation, she encourages me to obtain as much education as possible, be independent, do my own thing, and not worry about marriage or stress over men and relationships. (cont.)
2007-07-02
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