My dear alma mater.
To be clear, "alma mater" is the school you graduated from.
Or it could be the name given to a sculpture of the goddess Minerva by Daniel Chester French.
Alma Mater is also the name of a BBC play and was the title used in ancient Rome for the mother goddess as well as the for the Virgin Mary in Medieval Christianity.
In this case, I'm referring to the University of Utah.
Anyway, I wish I had lots of affectionate warm fuzzy stories to share with you concerning my "nourishing mother", but I don't think you really want to hear them and to be honest, I can't seem to recall very many motherly memories.
