What an appropriate essay for this, Easter Sunday. It brings back memories of my Catholic childhood, rushing on Good Friday to say 'The Stations of the Cross', getting a new hat for Easter Sunday mass and the family's Easter dinner. Catholicism kept the family together with its rituals and prayers and even though this writer no longer practices, the rosary has been used on bumpy airlines, through cancer treatments and the death of a child. In travels, sitting inside a church, temple or mosque one receives energy from all of those who prayed before us. Those Catholic nuns were the best teachers and the most educated women in the community, and provided girls with positive role models. Thank you for this lovely essay.