The career her mum had mapped out for her did not work out to plan <br />For Catherine went to Kenya and married a Maasai man <br />She adapted to a different sort of culture and a different way of life <br />And to the noble Robert she's a devoted wife. <br /> <br />A different sort of lifestyle but a good life just the same <br />Remember Catherine Oddie how can one forget that name <br />She went from Melbourne to Africa for a brief holiday <br />But life is unpredictable and it's always been that way. <br /> <br />That a white woman should embrace the Maasai culture is not hard to understand <br />For the Maasai love their cattle and the Maasai love their land <br />And the Maasai live in harmony in their souls no room for greed <br />And the countryside around them supplies them with their need. <br /> <br />She fell in love with Kenya and with the Maasai clan <br />And with the warrior Robert a kind and gentle man <br />She embraced a foreign culture and she left her past behind <br />And in a distant continent her soul mate she did find. <br /> <br />Her holiday in Africa to a new life did lead <br />And her book on her life with the Maasai makes a memorable read <br />She adapted to a different lifestyle but a good life just the same <br />And remember Catherine Oddie who can forget her name.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/remember-catherine-oddie/
