Laura Ingalls Wilder

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I found out (thanks to Google) that today is Laura Ingalls Wilder's 148th birthday.  Wow!  I wonder what she'd think of this world if she could see it now as it is.  A bunch has changed, even in the years I've lived.  What a totally different life people live as the years stack up.

 

I don't rightly know why I'm doing a blog post about this lady, but something sparked inside me and I felt I should share my thoughts.  Or something to that point. 

 

My mom had watched some Little House on the Prairie episodes growing up and a few years ago, my whole family started watching them for our Family Movie Night.  Each week--usually on Friday night--we would pop corn over the stove, pull out a bottle of pop, sit down in our "TV room", and watch a couple of Little Houses.  It was such a clean show with pretty good morals and one our whole family, whatever the ages, could enjoy.  We laughed and cried, rolled our eyes on some occasions, and were warmed by the show. 

 

Well, a few episodes later, we now have all of the seasons, one through nine.  We still do our Family Movie Night, though we've long since finished all of the episodes, we find other great movies to watch.

 

I'm no expert, but I don't think there could've been a better actress to play Laura than Melissa Gilbert.  I'm really glad she did and I believe she helped Laura Ingalls Wilder become more real to me. 

 

I have personally read all of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie book collection.  I started reading ones at a nearby library until they didn't have the next one I wanted.  So, for my birthday in 2011, my grandma bought me the whole set.  I still have that set in my room, in fact, and I never plan on getting rid of them.  All of her books were well written and I went through them pretty quick I believe.  And like they say, the books were better than the movies.  I still liked both, however.      

 

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I recently found out about Wilder's autobiography, Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography, and I desperately want to get my hands on a copy!  It sounds like it could be a really good book.  I hope it shows readers an even deeper insight on the life of this well-known woman.      



 

I also admire Wilder for her writing ability.  Being a writer myself, it is always encouraging to see fellow writers succeed in writing, and it helps me to think, "I can do this, too!"  And I know that we writers (at least I do) need that encouragement.

 

Maybe you like Laura Ingalls Wilder for different reasons, or you don't care about her at all, but either way, I just felt like making this post.  So, I hope you enjoyed and have a blessed day.  : )

 

"I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."

 

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"Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find."

 

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"The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies."

 

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"There is nothing wrong with God's plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow."

 

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"Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all.  If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all."

 

~Laura Ingalls Wilder