Margery's life seems to be very strange to me as she is nothing like Julian or Hildegard. She was raised middle class, didn't learn to ready, and clearly loved sex. She reminds me loosely of Mary Magdalene but not as a prostitute. Margery never became an anchoress either. She was just a plain woman, for the most part who had a vision of God some time after giving birth to her own child. Which is understandable for the time and ibuprofen or morphine hasn't been invented yet so I can relate to her almost losing her mind. I also found it interesting that she found her own way of devoting herself to God through prayer and tears. This isn't a discussion question but why? Is it because she thought her sins kept her from doing so? She is no mere woman for she also had a business or two (though they failed), and "wrote" her own book. She gave birth to 14 children and tried to hold a vow of chastity (though her husband was a dick about it). Margery is a special mystic in her own right though she took a different path compared to the other mystics we have learned so far.
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