New Habits: From Sisterhood to Motherhood
Liberated from a life of duty and obedience, Eleanor lives life to the full - her job as a midwife, friendships and love affairs. She works hard and plays harder - while also coping with her mother's mental illness.
After some foolish mistakes, she settles down and marries - but it isn't an instant happy ending. As a midwife, delivering babies every day, Eleanor knew that she was destined to become a mother, yet she was devastated to discover that she was unable to have children. She and her husband then embarked on the path to adoption, eventually becoming parents to two lovely children, and now grandchildren.Amid the chaos of life with two young children, Eleanor occasionally thought back to the tranquillity of the convent, and through the sometimes tough teenage years, she says "I always felt I had the prayers and support of the sisters I'd left, because they really did always keep me and my family in their hearts, and I was grateful for their letters and their guidance and for them just listening to what was going on in my life. I've never regretted the choice I made - but I've never forgotten those extraordinary years when I was Sister Eleanor, either."
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