A touching story. My parents had no religion and never went to church, but I was fortunate enough to have an Aunt who was concerned about me and persuaded my parents to let me go to church, so I could make up my own mind when I got older.
It certainly made all the difference. I grew up Episcopalian and then converted to Catholicism in college. But I don’t imagine that I’d ever have become a Catholic if I hadn’t been exposed to church services for all those years.
When I was a kid, my parents found some neighbors who agreed to take me to church with them, since it was a pretty long drive.
You are fortunate! Say a prayer of thanks for the people who -— impelled by the love of Christ -— set you in a good direction.