One thing you don't do around mom is swear, even if you are not Catholic you will end up doing the rosary. I learned my extensive swear vocabulary from my dad who was always working on some car in the yard. You would never see dad's face just his feet sticking out of a car and would hear "Come out of there you dirty bastard" as he was trying to get a broken something out of the car to replace it.

I remember asking mom "what part is a dirty bastard, dad has so much trouble with that one"   Yup he and I both ... rosary

Took her to Rome once, ever single church we had to say the rosary. Now do you know how many churches there are in Rome ... A bunch I am here to tell ya.

I said Mom there is lots to see in Rome, not just the churches. "Why would someone go to Rome to see anything else" was her reply