Flower in the River: A Family Tale Finally Told
Imagine finding yourself at an unexpected fork in the road, faced with a revelation that could change everything - your perception of yourself, your family, your history.
Zara continues grappling with her family's tragic past, her ensuing spiritual journey--and the scars of the Eastland disaster. Zara eventually discovered there was power in creating meaning from the tragedy.
A bit of my journey
In navigating life's stormy seas, there lies a ballet of bravery and resilience – a journey to confront the agonizing verities buried deep within our past.
My time as a student at Ursuline College served as a poignant tableau of this transformative dance, indelibly marked by a tragedy that struck close to home. One of the Ursuline nuns, Sister Dorothy Kazel, along with three other women missionaries, met a violent end in El Salvador - a stark truth that reverberated through our campus among the sisters and students. During that time, we were reading Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning for Philosophy class-- a profound coincidence that offered solace and strength in our own search for meaning amidst this horror.
What does this have to do with Eastland Disaster? I witnessed firsthand the response from the Ursuline community to this event. Their quest to seek meaning from this tragedy and then respond to it transformed my own thinking about injustice and tragedy.
This episode marks a significant crossroad in Zara's journey, one that presents her with her family's mysterious history. How does she grapple with the shadows of a tragedy--a phantom from the distant past that seems to clutch her family lineage with an iron grip?
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