The mystery of the keyword is that it is a mirror. When you read it, you are not searching for Paula. You are realizing that you are Paula. The storm is coming. The tree is splitting.
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After being widowed at the age of 32, she came under the influence of the great biblical scholar, Saint Jerome. Under his guidance, she renounced her wealth and status. Her "holy nature" expressed itself in radical acts of piety and asceticism. She sold her vast properties to give to the poor and embarked on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, eventually settling in Bethlehem. There, she founded a monastery for men, a convent for women (of which she was the abbess), and even a hospice for pilgrims, effectively transforming Bethlehem into a major spiritual center.
Paula stood still as the ice beneath her spider-webbed into a thousand glittering pieces. She realized that her own life had been a bit too much like that ice: perfect, cold, and closed off.