religious life Sister Kim Mandelkow, O.S.B. professing her vows.
Letter to my daughter— the sister Though her daughter’s desire to enter religious life didn’t come as a total surprise, a mother still had questions.
by Laurie Mandelkow
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ear Kim, I have something I should have said to you a long time ago but never have, so now I find it time to do so. Before I go on I want to tell you how very proud I am of you and of Laurie Mandelkow is the mother of four children and one grandchild, with two on the way. She lives with her husband, Bob, on a farm near Red Wing, Minnesota and works for Bic in Red Wing. She and her husband are active at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Red Wing.
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the life you have chosen. I also want you to know that I love you. You are a very strong woman who has set goals and strives to achieve those goals. When you finished high school and decided to go to college nearly five hours from home, I was sad to see you go, but I also knew you had to spread your wings. At your commencement ceremony your dad and I were so proud of you—the first of our family to graduate from college and with a double major in music and religion and a minor in German! We weren’t sure where this path would take
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