Confessions of a Free Range Prolapsed Catholic

I have a locket. It’s empty now . Inscribed on the back are among the last words my mother said to me. “you always belonged to me”

Four of my siblings entered religious communities or the priesthood.

The jeweller had no knowledge of that. He decorated it with 6 precious stones and 9 diamond chips. My mother gave birth to six. And at the time she had nine grandchildren.

The most precious thing I own. Her first great grandchild, will inherit it.