Remembering ZEOLA
A Foundation of Faith Yields A Woman of Noble Character
by Barbara Norris Arya
Pages: 114
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5
Category- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS - Parenting - Motherhood
Type : Paperback
ISBN : 9781498474795
Price : $16.49
The stories Zeola told about herself show aspects of her character that were budding at age four and five, for example learning to clean and care for her home and to beautify it. After marriage, she expressed her love for her husband and children as she labored daily to take care of them. Preparing three meals daily, washing and cleaning as well as teaching and training her children to work and care for the home are all expressions of her love without using words. She loved her home and cultivated many flowers and trees on the outside. She worked hard to clean and beautify the home on the inside too. For example, she made curtains for the windows and doilies for many table tops, cushions for chairs and tablecloths for tables. She and Brenda partnered to make quilts and bedspreads for beds. The church and community were very important to her, and she gave herself to teaching children in Sunday School Classes. She loved to sing and worked with the children’s choir at church for many years. Her devotion to Jesus Christ was shown in the zeal with which she took tasks such as tending to sick about her and helping those who were in some kind of need. Many of the examples I recount bring to light her service to others. She persisted in the face of multiple trials and afflictions; always getting up and trying again without giving up under their weight. When I began to think about her legacy, I rejoice as I look back over her life and realize that she developed enduring faith and Christian character through all of these things. She chose to not grow bitter because of them, but to submit to God’s will and press toward victory that would someday be hers.
Barbara Norris Arya is the third child of 10 and the second daughter of eight girls born to Zeola. She is the only child who made her home away from Mississippi where the siblings live. Barbara lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland since 1985 with her husband, Rakesh and son, Ravi Arya.
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