re: #24 HappyWarrior

My Dad’s parents were much the same way when they were alive. They were RCC unlike your parents but had a lot of the same kindness towards those less off than them. Nana’s older brother was actually a parish priest for a very poor African-American community in Louisiana before and after he went off to war as a chaplain. I think Nana even though she lived a comfortable middle life when she got married to my grandfather always had a real empathy for people since she had grown up fairly poor and she had lost her mother young. I’ll always remember her greatest gift even with several grand and great grandchildren, she always fond a way to make us all feel special and loved. I think she more than anyone shaped my ideology and compassion for those less well off than me.

So wonderful, and that’s so important. It makes me wonder what was missing in the lives of people like Paul Ryan, or if their minds were simply hijacked by a sparkly cult leader.