Classic Story of Fate
Once In A Lifetime, by New York Times bestselling author, Mary Monroe is a book for the ages.I have spent the last two wonderful days reading my friend, Mary Monroe's beautiful story of love and God's incredible fate. The journey began when Vanessa was oh so excited to go to Paris and fate intervened. Her mother had been there before; her friends at work and family were excited; now it was Vanessaâ��s turn to go to Paris. Vanessa waited for her passport. Unfortunately, a few days before her trip, the passport did not come; and this made me feel bad for Vanessa. Vanessa went down to the travel agency. There, she was told she could apply for a new passport that probably would not get there in time for her well-planned trip. This was the moment, the second, and hour that God took the wheel. When God cooks he cooks up an everlasting love that canâ��t be denied. With her trip to Paris a thing of the past for Vanessa, one cold weekend morning, a lady named Judith Guthrie knocked on the door. She had received Vanessa's passport on Webb Street a few blocks over from Alice Street, which confused Vanessa. The lady was so nice God generated a very quick friendship between the two. In short order Vanessa learns Judith's brother is ill and needs a Kidney transplant. Later, after getting to know Judith better and how imposing her brother Ronaldâ��s illness had been on her, I was so glad that Vanessa shared this first with her mother who lived with her husband in a senior home and I was very impressed that Odette, Vanessa's sister, was a smart, compassionate nurse. Turns out Vanessa's mother had a similar circumstance that she never told the family about when she was young and she told her Oldest daughter the first born about it first. When Vanessa's siblings, Gary and Debra heard about their mother's transplant, Vanessa had all the family's support to donate her kidney to Ronald. What I loved about this book is how the past can stay buried in the past until itâ��s relevancy can make a womanâ��s daughter do the right thing by a stranger who needed her kidney. This incredible story is a family book for the whole family. Vanessa was the kindest individual in this great novel and if we all set out to do things to help others not for what we might get in return, this would be an awesome world. From the family loans to her sister; to offering to pay for Judith's gas when she returned the passport. When you treat people well, greatness comes back to you. I loved the way Vanessa had no apprehension at all about being a donor to Ronald, who was having a horrible time with Jan, his former fianc�©. All through this novel I was pulling for Vanessa, who was loved by her coworkers, especially her boss who was very accommodating to her needs. After the surgery the love God gives us when we wait on it arrived and despicable Homer, Vanessa's failed egotistical suitor was gone. I was thrilled and I was reminded that the loss of the passport gave one woman a love sheâ��d not have found without that one mishap of life. There were many moments when I cried for Vanessa because in real life I just lost my play daughter whose name was Vanessa to breast cancer. Once again Mary Monroe, who never fails readers, has given me food for thought and a great story that will stay with me forevermore. Everybody should read Mary Monroe's Once in a Lifetime! CD Mitchell
