When you least expect it

Sometimes I have wondered what walking the ancient road has been for me other than an obviously pleasant, challenging meander out of daily life.  Then today I receive a phone call from the Victoria Hospitals Foundation telling me that an anonymous donor has just given an amazingly generous donation to the NICU ventilator fund… and I then I understand that it wasn’t for me, has never been for me…. I was just the physical body taking step after step, laughing, crying, aching, despairing, hoping etc… it was really those critically ill newborns and their families who want them so very much, who were actually making the pilgrimage. and for that I give great thanks and courage for the pilgrimage to continue… we have enough for one positive-flow ventilator for  tiny ones  and we’re going for TWO as promised!  wish us luck…