“My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.” KidsMotherCoursesNew YorkTheaterUnclesAuntNunAunts And UnclesIrish Family Author:Ellen Pompeo
“The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel path between manicured lawns. She would have in tow one or two slower-footed, sari-clad young Indian nuns. We thought her a freak. Probably wed picked up on unvoiced opinions of our Loreto nuns.” TwoRememberYoungMotherOpinionPathChildhoodRedIndianFreakLawnsNunTeresaGravelTowSari Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“Both nuns and mothers worship images, But those the candles light are not as those That animate a mother's reveries, But keep a marble or a bronze repose.” LightMotherWorshipCandleMarbleReposeNunBronzeReverieCandle Lights Author:William Butler Yeats