The many faces of our Mother Mary
and how she has guided my life and
spiritual journey since I was four years old.
• My first encounter with her was in my backyard as a child. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph came to where I was playing in the sand. They stood before me, Jesus as a small child, with Mary and Joseph on either side of them. There were no words but the beauty of a child smiling at the Holy family with pure love. I went out to play the following day expecting them to be there but was met by a big black snake. I ran in the house crying and screaming, ” the snake has taken my Holy Family.” My father took me by the hand and went to the sand pile with me but all was gone. No snake, no Holy Family.