For years Nam had longed for a child of her own. While her sister-in-law bore twins and her own sisters went for abortions, Nam would pray and hope month after month for a baby. One year her unmarried aunt passed away and left her sufficient money for medical tests. Both Nam and Lang went to the big hospital for a few visits. Sad to say, the verdict was Nam was infertile, and it was irreversible. Sadden, Nam returned to her mother's house and mourned. All her sisters promised to give her the next child they conceived. Not knowing what else to do, she agreed. A few days later, Lang came to take her home.
The first night she was home, she dreamed that a very loving and gentle voice told her that she would be given a child. It was a vivid dream, not hazy as most went. After she woke up, she could close her eyes and hear the promise which gladden her heart. The next morning, as she opened her front door, she saw a kitten outside. Being a kind person, she took water and what food she could find to feed the weak and struggling little thing. A few days later after the kitten managed to survive and thrived. Despite numerous attempts to give her away, the cat stubbornly remained stationed in Nam's front yard. What can Nam do, her husband was allergic to cat fur? On stormy nights, Nam would keep the cat in the shed.
As Nam worked in her humble house day after day, she sang. Lo and behold, shortly after the cat adopted her, she conceived. Nine months later, she gave birth to a strong boy. A year later, she adopted a new born girl her youngest sister carried to term. Soon her house was bustling with voices and songs and cries of many children. True to the dream, she had only one biological offspring - her first born son. She loved all her children, she had five. Each of her sisters duely gave her one child each, as promised. And to this day, Nam looked upon her one cat as a harbinger of hope, her own divine tangible answer to a promised child.
-Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God.-
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