Christmas is time for Christmas movies. One of my favourites is Little Women. I love the 1994 version with Winona Ryder and the 1949 edition with June Allyson. I also learned, while doing a little light Googling during the movie, that there is a 1933 movie which I really need to watch.
I was 10 when the Winona Ryder version came out. I can't remember if it was the book or the movie that kindled my love, but for many years I would read this book and watch both of these movies annually. I loved the strong and independent girls (and eventually women) that it brought to life. I also desperately wanted to be a writer like Jo. Today when I watch it feels a bit like coming home to another time in my life though everything is a little different.
Even before I started watching I knew I was waiting for a certain line from Professor Bhaer. It was a truth that I'd come to know since the last time I'd watched this movie.
His next line is – "There's more to you than this if you have the courage to write it."
This has very much been my experience with this blog (and likely with any form of art that someone tries to make). Writing my own truth is all that I can offer. When I do this it simultaneously feels good and solid and terrifying and filled with doubt.
I'll have to keep Professor Bhaer in my pocket in the future when the resistance tries to talk me out of sharing my soul.
Being a Force for Good 