A story about family, religion, tradition, and emotions Religion did not play a role in my growing up years. My parents who immigrated from Greece never talked about God or Jesus, except to take their names in vain during agitated moments. Unlike most of my Greek cousins, I was never baptized in the Greek Orthodox church. In fact, I was never baptized at all. But surprisingly, Mom sent me to St. Rose of Lima, a private Catholic school, for practical, not religious, reasons…
