The true story of a woman who faced incredible odds, and came out tranquil and triumphant.
I knew Mrs Liza (name changed) for a long time, from her days as young mother until her death. I met her many times, listened to her and felt inspired. There are so many striking things about her journey through life, that I do not know where to start.
When this Catholic wife and mother died in her sixties, the pastor of the neighbouring CSI church preached about her: “Neither in her Catholic parish, nor in our church, was there a woman as inspiring as Mrs Liza,” he said.
I have changed her name and hidden other identifying “markers,” to respect the privacy of persons involved in this story.
Liza grew up in comfort, a princess for her doting father, who was a famous lawyer and public figure. Beautiful and intelligent, she was married off at eighteen to the son of a well-known family. Both the families knew each other. What she had never expected, however, happened: the husband turned out to be a severe alcoholic, who never did a bit of work, and would come home dead drunk so many evenings.
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Fr Joe Mannath SDB
