She knew what she wanted / Iakoterièn:tarahkwe Tsi Nahò:ten Ionská:nekskwe

By George Rahrhainté:ri Ross, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Eastern Door Being raised Catholic, my adoptive mother, Pauline, wanted to be a mother so badly. She’s from Ontario, and moved to Montreal with her sister, Aline, when they were in their early 20s. Pauline was a schoolteacher, and Aline a nurse. They bought their house in LaSalle, right on Brome Street where I would grow up. At the time, Pauline was engaged to a man who wanted to have a wife who would stay at home, cook, clean, and raise the children. He had even told her how many kids that they should have. She was a very …