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Now, Carolyn grew up somewhat Christian, but she and her family really weren't, like, deeply steeped in religion by any means.
And as she got older, she was really less interested in organized religion.
But at the same time, she knew it was important to her husband and even more important to his mother.
So she embraced Catholicism to keep the peace between herself and her new mother-in-law.
She said, sure, I'll have a Catholic wedding.
Now, they wasted no time starting a family, and within a year, Carolyn was pregnant with their first child, Andrea.
Not long after Andrea was born, Carolyn was pregnant again, and it was obvious that if their family was going to continue to grow like this, they were going to need a bigger house.
So they moved to Willimantic, Connecticut, which is a small city in the southeastern part of the state.
Over the next few years, they continued to grow and grow as a family, starting with Nancy, who was followed by Christine, and then Cynthia, and then finally April.