Anne Shirley

"As for the things I want, they're so numerous that it would take a great deal of time to name them all, so I will only mention the two most important.
Please let me stay at Green Gables;
and please let me be good-looking when I grow up."
-Anne of Green Gables

I was told once that I was like a character from an epic novel. I loved this comment, for it came from a ridiculously intelligent and successful man, albeit thirty years my junior. Nonetheless, the comment afforded me a sense of grandeur and pride in the direction my life has taken. Rather than feeling different I felt important.

When you unite this comment with the strong connections I feel for great characters of the past, both real and fictional alike, my life starts to take on a sense of importance and value that might not be felt in the day to day reality of making sense of it all. These characters that populate my internal world will be given the pomp and circumstance they deserve here. Thank you ladies.