My mother once told me that Religion is personal to everyone, more personal than their toothbrush. I believe it, which is why I never argue Religion or politics. When I started school it was a Catholic school that was a good 30 minute bus-ride from where I lived. It was a mile-and-a-quarter walk to the bus stop (No, not uphill both ways in a snow storm!) Every day before class started we would attend mass. Every day. We (the boys) had to wear dark blue slacks, light blue shirts, dark blue ties and black shoes. The girls had to wear these awful plaid jumpers. For Sunday mass the whole family would go to the little church at then end of my grandmother’s street. She was the Organist/Choir Director for the church so we’d wend our way up the small set of stair to the choir loft and kiss her on the cheek as she finished playing the processional. At that time in my life, religion was like gravity – it was there but I didn’t really think about it. I was going through the motions. This covered
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