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45 Reasons Why I Love My Mom:A Mother’s Day ListCherished Characteristics of My Irish Catholic Mom

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Here are 45 cherished characteristics of my Irish Catholic Mom, one for every year of my life. Thanks for passing on the beauty of our faith, creating holy and fun family traditions, and witnessing to the joy you find in being Mom to our big fat Catholic family! I love you! Happy Mother’s Day!

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  • She loves priests and priests love her.
  • She would put holy water in a bottle and spray us when we used bad language.
  • She would only marry a man who wanted at least 12 children.
  • She enjoys the process of creating and never does the same thing twice.
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  • She has a nice size collection of crucifixes, icons and statues. and rosaries. and holy cards. and holy water fonts.
  • She always wears the correct liturgical colors to Mass.
  • She always has the correct liturgically colored table cloth on the dining room table.
  • She joyfully serves the homeless, helpless and useless.
  • She brought us to nearly every Catholic church in the diocese when growing up.
  • She celebrates birthdays, holy days and holidays with gusto. and a Mass.
  • She strives towards the authentic especially when she is spontaneous.
  • She petitions her grandkids to mass Monday afternoon at St. Francis hospital and bribes them with a cafeteria cookie.
  • She petitions her grandkids to mass once a month at the Catholic cemetery and bribes them with money.
  • She enjoys a good and naughty joke, especially when it is Irish.
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  • She has a wicked memory for remembering birthdays, anniversaries or feast days.
  • She has an extraordinary impact on others.
  • She is a great story teller and used her gift to put the fear of hell into us.
  • She was a wonderful role model as a wife.
  • She made us go to Mass every. single. day.
  • She still goes to Mass every single day, if health allows.
  • She loves to attend events, parties and outings.
  • She loves to create events, parties and outings.
  • She is beautiful.
  • She is humble.
  • She can tell you the “greatest finds” at the Dollar Store.
  • She is an excellent teacher and is always passing on life’s lessons from God.
  • She is fiercely independent.
  • She could whip up a good dinner for 60 people in a short notice.
  • She never misses the chance to follow a blaring ambulance.
  • She is an excellent conversationalist and never, never, never is boring.
  • She never complains. ever.
  • She always has a cold beer in the fridge.
  • She always makes you feel at home as she is quick to serve.
  • She loves and enjoys her grandchildren at every stage in life.

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  • She is brilliantly perceptive.
  • She finds “me time” to be highly overrated- she prefers “we time”.
  • She loves the rain, storms, rainbows and seasons.
  • She doesn’t take herself too seriously and always gets a good laugh at life’s difficulties.
  • She is tough as nails (so watch out for the hammer).
  • She is always on a mission from God. And loves, loves, loves the adventure.
  • She enjoys a good restaurant surrounded by her children and grandchildren.
  • She is fruitfully stubborn…I enjoy watching her manipulate, I mean motivate, the DeLorenzo clan into action.

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  • She knows how to whip up a delicious batch of chocolate fudge at 11pm.
  • She sees life as an exciting drama, full of possibilities both good and evil, and lives it to the fullest.
  • She faithfully listens to Tom’s radio show and gives me the highlights.

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A Mother’s Day List
Cherished Characteristics of My Irish Catholic Mom
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