Nun to Wife and a mother

                                                  

As I start reading about Patria, I felt like I was watching a movie. I think patria’s character is very interesting. Her story is a different story then the other sisters. I felt that it a lovely story. While I was reading it, I felt all the scenes in my mind. I love to read love stories and it’s a very heart touching story. I felted every moment of her story. I felt like it was happening right in front of me.  I think there are a lot of girls in this world, whose stories are like Patria. Patria was a very religious girl. She wanted to become a nun, but she also had a question that if this is really her destination, because people complemented her as a beautiful girl not as being a nun. When she went to Inmaculada Concepcion, her soul was not in peace, because she had a feeling of her love. She was waiting for someone to come and take her with him. Finally, she felts him while washing the feet of the parishioners at door of the church. She knew right away that it’s him. She considered him as her Jesus. “I had seen the next best thing to Jesus, my earthly groom. The struggle was over, and I had my answer” (49). I think she just considered him as her groom right at the moment she saw him, because she did not go back to Inmaculada. She stayed and waited for him to come. His name was Pedrito Gonzalez, a farmer. Pedrito is a person who loves his soil, village, and everything connected to him. When they got married, they had blessing from whole Ojo de Agua. She thought it’s because of her faith in God. Patria was just not a religious person, but also a superstitious person as well. “We would be on upon the Lenten season, when really it’s not right to be marrying” (51). So, she believed in the cultural and religious things that are made by our ancestors. She had two children. The third child was stillborn. Maybe because she is religious person, she had a feel that this was going to happen. But after loosing her child, she looses her faith and became more superstitious. But she proved to be a good wife, because she put her griefs aside for her husband. Although, she gets back her faith in God, when she had a sense that Virgin Mary spoke to her through a church congregation, gathered for worship. I think of her as a good role modal for a lot of the girls. If I was in her place, I would do the same as she did. All the sisters have different life stories, but I think for mature girls Patria’s story is probably more connected. I am looking forward to read further about Patria and also watch the movie. I think it a good book. I also think that it’s a good book for all age readers.