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I held my Mother\u2019s Day<\/a> card close as I walked into the house.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d just returned from a visit to the Mother of God Monastery in West Springfield, Massachusetts, where my daughter Mary was finding her vocation as a contemplative nun. The monastery<\/a> made a business of creating handmade greeting cards, and this one was really beautiful. Of course, I looked forward to cards from all my kids. But this one was extra-special.<\/p>\n

We got to visit Mary only once a month for a couple of hours, except during Advent and Lent. She spent her days reading, praying<\/a>, and learning to play the church organ. In a few years, she would be taking her vows, dedicating her life to God. Today Mary was self-confident and optimistic, but she hadn\u2019t always been that way.<\/p>\n

Sitting down with my card, I remembered a spring day when Mary was six. The kids and I were out in the yard enjoying the warm weather. The grass was fresh and green. Clover had sprung up everywhere, and I was a positive thinker<\/a>. \u201cLook,\u201d I said. \u201cDid you know that if you believe you\u2019ll find a four-leaf clover, you will?\u201d<\/p>\n

The children didn\u2019t seem to get the message. I knew I\u2019d have to prove it to them. Every day I scanned the yard while walking to my vegetable garden, believing with every step. After about two weeks, I found my first four-leaf clover and showed it to the kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cSee?\u201d I said. \u201cI had faith I would find one, and I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

My daughters Gretchen, Mary, and Felicity gathered around to see it. Their 12-year-old brother, Joseph, glanced up from the book he was reading, shrugged his shoulders and grinned. \u201cI\u2019ve found hundreds of four-leaf clovers<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cBut mysteriously every one of them was missing a leaf!\u201d The girls giggled and I smiled. Joseph had his own priorities.<\/p>\n

Gretchen, 10, had a tenacious spirit and wouldn\u2019t think of resting until she finished whatever task she set her mind to. My find had inspired her. In one week, she collected six four-leaf clovers\u2014and one with five leaves! \u201cThey were so easy to find,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Felicity, at three, could be patient and quiet. When I talked about finding four-leaf clovers, she listened silently and took it all in. I knew she would come upon one in her own time. Sure enough, while we were weeding the garden one day, Felicity toddled over to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, Mommy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In her little hand, she held a perfect four-leaf clover. But the exercise wasn\u2019t so easy for Mary. Every time one of her siblings found a new clover, she threw a tantrum. She hated feeling left out. \u201cIt\u2019s not fair,\u201d she complained. \u201cI\u2019ll never find one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, you will, Mary,\u201d I said. \u201cYou just have to keep looking and believe that you will.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Mary didn\u2019t want to look. Perhaps she was fearful of investing her-self too much. What would it mean if she never found one after looking so hard? By the end of the summer, every one of us had forgotten about four-leaf clovers, but I didn\u2019t give up hope that I could teach Mary to think positively<\/a>. We prayed together daily as a family and attended mass at the Benedictine monastery of St. Gregory the Great. The positive influence of the monks there was a great blessing.<\/p>\n

After graduating from high school, Mary earned a degree in theology from St. Anselm College. Then she entered the monastery. Once again I opened my card and looked at the smaller card tucked inside. On it was a beautiful pressed four-leaf clover. I reread the hand-written note: \u201cDear Mommy, thank you for teaching me to seek and believe…even if it takes time and a changing attitude. Love and prayers, Sister Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the best Mother\u2019s Day gift I had ever received.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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