I always felt there was a very interesting story to be shared of Tamar's own path. Yet, from all I have read about Dorothy and Tamar, Tamar seemed so private, it seemed to me it would be an intrusion to ask about it. Still, I am grateful for what her daughter has shared. 

The untangling of faith from the rigidity of Catholicism is a painful and, sadly, often impossible, conundrum for many. Nonetheless, it is the path so many are called to travel. I understand and respect this puzzle is resolved in many different and holy ways (I recall having read that Tamar had a Catholic funeral).. 

John David