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Sister Teresa Jackson, St. Gertrude's Monastery, Cottonwood, ID
Teresa Jackson was a 40-year-old attorney with a good job and a good life...but she wanted something more. "I figured if I was going to have a mid-life crisis, I was going to do it up right," she said. So she became a Benedictine nun, and hasn't looked back.
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Teresa Jackson was a 40-year-old attorney with a good job and a good life...but she wanted something more. "I figured if I was going to have a mid-life crisis, I was going to do it up right," she said. So she became a Benedictine nun, and hasn't looked back.
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