Silver Cord Parables Each One a Path

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Her parents would never know. They were so proud to see her go off
to college as had so few others, both young men and women, in the years following the
war. Most of the young men who came back from the trenches of Europe, who had
escaped the gas attacks and waves of German soldiers, settled into helping with the
family farms or working at the local mills that gave their small town substance. But
Cathy burned with the desire to go off in search of both excellence and adventure. Her
father owned one ofthe local mills and begrudgingly consented to let his only daughter
go off to the state capital to receive a quality education in business and eventually law.
She would pursue lifelong dreams.

Once there she quickly met someone special- an ex-soldier. He seemed to deeply care
and was always fresh and exciting to be with. Before she knew it, she was pregnant and
he was gone flunking out in barely two sessions. He walked away from her as if she
were just one of his failed classes. It was all very shattering! But she had survived and
would move on in her life. Drawing on her faith cultivated as a child in Sunday school at
the tiny Baptist church, unknown strength welled up and she decided to stay in school
while letting the pregnancy run to full term. She decided through prayerful weeks to
adopt the baby out through a local discreet agency that helped low income women in the
poorer side of the city. A Christian friend helped her through the turmoil on following
through with the decision. The friendship was a breath of new life when she needed a
friend the most. The young women swore to secrecy, a promise severely tested in the last
few months.

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