Tag: Childhood

  • Sunday School Weekends

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    Katie Slattery
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    GROWING UP IN THE 1950s, my older sister, Una, and I were among the few neighborhood children whose mother worked.  Mother was a third-grade teacher. She ran our home like a big kids’ classroom, enforcing rules and doling out chores.  By the weekend, she was tired of dealing with children, including her own. To give…