Paulina’s tenacity always inspires me, even moreso now since our conversation this morning. When she knew she had to leave South Africa, Paulina decided not to tell her elderly mother until she landed in Ireland. Her mother would be too upset, Paulina might not go through with her plan of action. After a week spent in Ireland she informed her Mom of her whereabouts. For a long while afterwards they both had difficulty eating such was their grief. Nowadays, all is well, they accept their lot.
Five sisters and one brother in Paulina’s family, four sisters gone to God, leaving Paulina and her brother the only ones alive. The final sister who died was Paulina’s best friend in the whole world. Now she was friendless, forlorn with many troubles, hence her departure to foreign uncharted shores. How Great is our God, how magnificent his schemes and plans. Paulina touches down in Cahersiveen, we meet up in the park one day and the rest is history.
‘Now I have a friend’, says Pauline. ‘Me too’, I say. South Africa and Cahersiveen, God has such an extravagant sense of humour. Whenever my heart is pierced, whenever Paulina is troubled, our sharing brings peace and comfort.
Material wealth is easily shared and dispensed with, soul sharing is far deeper, richer, endlessly rewarding. Our children must grow, live their own lives, in the meantime us mothers are alive and well, willing and able to execute our special assignments freshly minted from God’s Holy Hands.
God gives each of us a vocation and wants us to live it out. The adventure is only beginning.
‘Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing’. (Helen Keller)
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