Mary Margaret O’Connell; A time of Reflection

Good Morning. ‘Oh, I thought you would never ask!’

 

Ask what? ‘The invite, I’ve been waiting for the invite.’

 

Who is speaking please? ‘Mary Margaret O’Connell.’

 

Welcome Mary! You have a message you wish to share today? ‘Today, tomorrow and every day after, I do!’

 

I love your excitement Mary. Thank you for allowing our connection. ‘It is you I have to thank!’

 

Thank you Mary, I’m ready when you are. (I see snow drifting like the waves in the ocean.) What are you showing me Mary? ‘The movement of the seasons, the usefulness of the winter snow to prepare for spring.’

 

Yes, the snow raises the ground water table. ‘Yes but that is not all.’

 

What else does it do? ‘It brings a necessary stillness, a pause. A time of reflection.’

 

Sometimes it brings more work and aching backs and hardship. ‘Yes, this is true. It is useful.’

 

How so? ‘It is opportunity on so many different levels. When the able helps the unable, they both benefit. When the unprepared says never again, there is growth. When old, tired eyes look out their windows, the childhood memories flood in. When the overwhelmed devise a strategy of a little here, a little there, there is triumph. For those children building snowmen, sledding and dropping to create snow angels, there is joy.’

 

That’s a beautiful way to look at it. Where are you from Mary? ‘East Boston, we arrived from Ireland.’

 

How old were you when you came to Boston? ‘Seven, eight and twelve with our parent’s. I was twelve.’

 

That must have been difficult. ‘My best friend came here first, I missed her so. Papa made our adventure exciting. Mama would just roll her eyes pretending she wasn’t excited too.’

 

What did your papa do for work when he arrived? ‘He tended bar and went to school to become a lawyer.’

 

What did your mama do? ‘She was a fine, fine seamstress. That is why our family was taken in to live above the shops.’

 

A dress shop? ‘An everything shop. Mama eventually just designed the clothes that other people sewed for her to sell in the shop.’

 

What did you do when you grew up? ‘I married a protestant minister.’

 

Was your family catholic? ‘No.’

 

A happy life? ‘Twelve children happy! All bright, all healthy. All were blessings sent from God himself.’

 

It’s been a lovely conversation Mary. Is there anything else before I go? ‘This has been fun, thank you for this! Delight in the delightful. Dream out of the dreadful. Remark on the remarkable for it is true, every day is a winding road.’

 

Much love to you Mary. ‘More to you, more and more!’

 

 

 

Channeled message from Mary Margaret O’Connell.