The Little Women…

Well, I was going to write an email about the eldest sibling who is pmsy and snotty.  But then I reflected on those bad intentions and thought I’d write a little about my theory on my sisters.

As far as reading goes, I don’t do much of it.  I know, judge me as you will…but i was always the one in front of the tv growing up.  What can I say, I love me some tv.  But besides that, I have read a fairly large book – I believe it had 500 pages or so.  Of course I remember because it was such a feat.   It’s one of my favorite books, “Little Women”.

This story, for those of you who read less then me…then again there’s an amazing movie as well (I suggest you watch it).  Anyways, this movie is about the bond of sisters.  Every one of the 4 sisters has a distinct personality, and they fight like any others, and burn off the others hair, fall in love with the same boys, laugh and cry together.  It’s an amazing story of true sisters.  The moral of the story is that their bond is stronger than any man that comes into the picture.  Their little tight knit circle is what gets them thru life.  Well that’s what it means to me anyways.

So my theory goes like this…me and my sisters are the Little Women.  Ok, now that you’re rolling your eyes at me, give me a second to explain.  We are meant to be close knit, not allowing any boy to ever come inbetween us.  (K, so that’s how I feel about it, hence my harsh judgement on all the boys in their life throughout the years!)  And we all take on different characters throughout our lives. 

Our little sister – She equates to the littlest sibling (Amy)sometimes, but she fluctuates to the eldest (Meg)as well because she is the most profound.  The old soul.  She has the street smart, me and the eldest sometimes do not.  She has the artist soul and wants to be rich; she is very critical of her appearance sometimes to a fault, and very aware fashionably of what is acceptable.

My eldest siter-She is Jo, no question about it.  She is quick tongued and gets herself into trouble.  She doesn’t care what others think of her and goes about her way untouched by the emotional “weaknesses” of others.  She is the rock and the voice of reason at times.  She even had our version of Laurie – who was the love interest that always loved her from a far, but could never have her because they were too much alike.

And me – Well at one time I was Beth…the sister with the intuition.  The one who couldn’t bear the thought of the others growing up and moving out of the house.  Again the issue with their boys coming into play.  I am protective and intuitive.  Introverted, yet thoughtful…K, I’m not as saintly as she was, which is where I fluctuate with Jo (cause I do have some of that spunk).  But she was the sister who died, and I have had my fair share of car accidents in my life.  So although God has saved my life time and time again…I was the sister that had threats to me living a full life.

So that is my theory of my sisters, and to end such a lovely story with a quitesential picture of them here it is.  Me on my wedding day, with the gazing at my soon to be husband knowing he would soon be coming into the sacred circle (Again they are more willing to open this circle to others than I have ever been)

I've always loved this picture because I think it catches each of the "Little Women" characteristics in it