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The Superpower of a Grandmother

The Superpower of a Grandmother

[ 3 ] March 13, 2013 AD |

When I think of grandmothers, I think of fingers. My 96 year old maternal grandmother hardly remembers my name, but I still remember the years I watched her fingers plying the rosary beads one by one for each of her grandchildren. Around her twisty bed post, she’d drape her rose-scented brown rosary, marked with a [...]

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Spiritual Heirloom

Spiritual Heirloom

[ 3 ] August 18, 2011 AD |

Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I’m repressed. I’m a Catholic woman, after all. The Bright Maidens movement blossomed out of refuting this very concept. The original conversation between the Bright Maidens was a revolutionary chat ending with “How dare they tell us we’re stifled!? We’ll show them!” We bought ink by the barrel, *ahem* [...]

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