Storytime

Everyone has one. Some of them are tiny...some are huge. Some are interconnected and stretched beyond recognition. Some are big and messy...others are perfected and just so. No matter where we are now, or who we are...we all started with a family.  Every book has a family (or better yet- the lack of one). How boring would Little Women be without our group of sisters (would also change the title)- but a family environment helps build the tensions and differences between Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Pip- poor orphaned boy- is sent to Mrs Joe, his cruel sister. Would his life have been different if he had a happy home life, loving parents and a caring and gentle older sister?  Imagine Lizzy Bennet without her gaggle of sisters? We needed to see her amongst Jane, the declared beauty of the family....as well as dull Mary and the foolish Kitty and Lydia.  Her parents of course are needed. We needed Mrs Bennet's 'woe is us' and concerns over her unwed daughters and ...

Can you keep a secret I don't suppose you can You mustn't laugh You mustn't cry But do the best you can.... We all have secrets. It's only natural. Some secrets are little and quite innocent (like hiding chocolate in the veggie drawer in the fridge), or planning a semi-surprise birthday party...some secrets are huge. The little ones don't attract much attention. You may get a 'why didn't you tell me?'..or 'I knew that already'. The big secrets are usually much more powerful. These secrets could be anything from affairs and leading secret lives, to abortions and having children no one knows about, being married before (or even still married), to stealing and theft, being addicted to a substance or pursuit... or even murder. It's human nature to have secrets. There is always something we keep to ourselves. Whether we are ashamed or embarrassed, or know it could hurt someone else, or even ourselves. The important t...