The issue should be left with God. It shouldn’t be used to burden her. There might have been more situations like this than we knew, with a bad habit that was kept curbed by effort of will. And now our modern “gay movement” comes along and shouts “Cheer who you are!” (As long as that isn’t some kind of devout Christian, I guess.)
The devil has his own riff on the Christian promise of permanent salvation. He taunts permanent damnation. It’s so often taken as an excuse when it isn’t even TRUE.
I don’t disagree with you.
I would also say that the Mom already knows.