![]() ![]() ![]() Her mother is also devout, but to her own secular, feminist beliefs-protective of the expansive pleasures of being a woman and the power of owning your future. She is attracted to God and the poetry of prayer. Molly’s mother and father are Easter/Christmas Catholics-religious in the sense that these traditions are how they learned to measure out the years. “How Does a Person Become A Nun?” by Blair Hurley is a story about a girl named Molly who is very different from her mother, but in a way her mother recognizes. You will be able to do both of these things at the same time. But you will also be filled with moments of dread and terrifying recognition-you know what happens to people “like that” (like you). You will love the child for the mysterious new individual they grow into, of course. A wise person (who may or may not be my own mother) once told me that when you decide to have a child, you have to accept that the child might acquire the traits you hate and fear most in yourself and your partner. To have children is to take a leap of faith. ![]()
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