tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726252.post114948364818479720..comments2023-10-31T09:19:41.762-07:00Comments on Canon Fodder: Great Book: Little Women, by Louisa May Alcottmapletree7http://www.blogger.com/profile/15261672903705693449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726252.post-1149877243694352452006-06-09T11:20:00.000-07:002006-06-09T11:20:00.000-07:00Yes, Beth, you are right, it is like having lost a...Yes, Beth, you are right, it is like having lost a limb. Thanks for the sympathy. I don't usually tell anyone about it but your post really resonated for me.<BR/>Annie, I am so pleased for you and Beth that you are close to your sisters. I have two daughters and although they are quite far apart in age (4.5 years) (not intentionally), I am sure they will grow up to be lifelong friends. They also have an older half sister and I think they will also always be close.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726252.post-1149648871223495572006-06-06T19:54:00.000-07:002006-06-06T19:54:00.000-07:00I was one of five sisters ( I am the oldest) and t...I was one of five sisters ( I am the oldest) and two brothers. I planned to have one child - but had two. Still my sisters are my best friends and though I am now in my fifties, we still act like playful children when we get together (much to the chagrin of our own children). Cherish them.Hepzibah The Watchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17459404010681683434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726252.post-1149635415711844712006-06-06T16:10:00.000-07:002006-06-06T16:10:00.000-07:00You've put some of my thoughts into words exactly....You've put some of my thoughts into words exactly. I know exactly what you mean by the effect on your internal life.<BR/><BR/>Sister #1 (I am the oldest, she's second) said to me once "Isn't it funny that in <I>Little Women</I> and <I>Little House on the Prairie</I> it's the second sister who ends up as a writer?" Needless to say I didn't think it was funny at all - I was really threatened. The sense of near-panic I felt is still pretty vivid.<BR/><BR/>And I'm so sorry to hear about your sister. I don't know how I could deal with losing one of mine. Above and beyond the love I feel for them, there's still so much unfinished business between us. It would feel like limping.mapletree7https://www.blogger.com/profile/15261672903705693449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726252.post-1149629000411138992006-06-06T14:23:00.000-07:002006-06-06T14:23:00.000-07:00My experience is uncannily similar. I was one of f...My experience is uncannily similar. I was one of four sisters, like the March girls. As a child I suppose I was like Meg (I am the oldest) though I strongly identified with Jo and was totally a tomboy like her (still am, I am 50 now and have never worn make up, or conceded anything to style and fashion). <BR/>My next sister Avis was like Beth in many ways and tragically died young in a not dissimilar way to Beth. I have never recovered from that, it happened 16 years ago now and I am still frozen from it. My younger sister is quite a bit younger than the rest of us and I suppose does have elements of Amy but not her vanity.<BR/>I feel very dominated in my internal life by all of this, thougn my childhood was all so long ago now and I don't see my sisters very much. I am close to my youngest sister even so, but not very much with the third sister. I don't think she is like any of the March girls.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com