Beliefs....

My parents were 'lapsed' Catholics.

They'd done something awful.

Mum said, "Well the Doctors advised us that to have any more than 3 children meant that either the baby or I would die because of the Ceasarian."

Dad added, "When the Priest came to see me, he told me to lie by saying that we hadn't known what it was we were signing!".

He told me too, "I asked the Priest, "Well what would happen if my wife died giving birth, how would I manage and work with 4 children?" do you know what he said? "There's good Catholic Homes" and he meant Orphanages!"

It seemed unfair to me and especially when I thought of the prayers we said in school and in Church.

When searching my dictionary I found the word 'Hypocrisy' I knew immediately it was the word I'd been looking for.