What Is Your Name

When I was a little girl I often had a

sore throat and my grandmother gave

me SmithBros licorice cough drops

I liked them and kept one in my mouth

many times when my throat was not sore

My first and second grade teacher

Sister Tomasin would send me from

the classroom to go to the dining area

to pray to be a good girl for this

Father Rapp who was the Pastor of

Sacred Heart Cathedral and principal

of the school would often find me there and say

You are a pretty little girl what is your name?

and I would tell him its Martha Father

He would then say thats a pretty name

what are you doing Martha? I would

answer I am praying to be a good girl

After this happened many times he said

Martha come with me and he took me back to

the classroom and told Sister Tomasin that he

had observed me praying to be a good girl many

times and if I was not a good girl yet I never

would be and to please keep me in the classroom

so that I could get an education

I not only made straight A's that year I went

from the first grade to the third grade

Thank you Monsignor Rapp for a beautiful memory of my childhood

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