A Letter to Anne with an e…
“[I'm] well in body, though considerably rumpled in spirit.”
~ Anne Shirley
Dear Anne,
It’s been one of those days… a “Jonah Day” as you call it. A day when I’ve felt “in the depths of despair”. A day of many tears, emotions, things gone wrong, snow in April. I needed a little encouragement ~ a little understanding ~ so I curled up in bed and watched “Green Gables” for a while. Have I ever thanked you for being such a kindred spirit in my life? A bosom friend. I felt all my sadness melt away as I traveled down memory lane with you… Marilla and Matthew, broken slates and green hair, temper tantrums and theatrical apologies, stubborn pride and humiliation, life, learning and love. Some days are going to be like this. But I must remember that the best lessons learned are those that leave an impression on our hearts. Each moment, each day, becomes the thread of life that ultimately makes us into the person we become. After a day like today, I was so grateful when you reminded me that, “tomorrow is always fresh… with no mistakes in it yet.” I needed to hear that. It makes me so anxious to close my eyes on this very long day and begin afresh tomorrow. Thank you for your friendship, Anne Girl… and for sharing your lessons learned. Greet Gil and the kids for me. All my love to those in Avonlea.
In kindredness of spirit,
Melissa
Tags: Ramblings
That was beautiful, Missy. I love how you wrote directly to Anne. I actually just watched an episode of a newer show called “Lie To Me” that had Megan Follows in it. She looked so much older, but I guess that would make sense. That line from Anne of GG comes to me often, “Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it yet.” It kind of goes along with God’s mercies being new every morning. Not only are there no mistakes when we wake up, but even if we do make mistakes today God’s mercy will be right there to meet us. Love you, girl. Praying for a brighter tomorrow.
oohhoohhoo. that was wonderful. i had thought of the same scripture mel mentioned. the Lord is soooooo gooooood. He can even use an old favorite movie to cheer our depressed spirits. i think i’m ready for that one again!
I agree, there’s nothing like a little time with Anne to cheer up a person. Reminds me, I haven’t watched those movies in years. Prayers and hugs, Missy.
Well said Missy! I too love those Anne movies.
I love your word “kindredness”. I’m going to make it my goal to use that word in a sentence this week – I’m thinking it won’t be easy! I forgot how amazingly scrappy Anne was until I listened to the movie from the other room the night before last. She’s spunky, scrappy, and quite an interesting character altogether.
Scrappy like Monica!
Made me smile as I thought of an Anne of GG play we did at the Christian Community School with the 5-6 grade class.
Hi Kevin… It’s been a long time! Yes, I remember our Anne of GG play so well! What part did you play? I think I played Diana, because I still remember a couple of the lines.
It’s so fun to hear from you after all these years… glad you found our blog. Hope you and your family are doing well! Thanks for writing!
I was Gilbert and Becky Ekholm Sutherland was Anne. I have some old pictures of it which are entertaining. I remember it was pretty funny because I had never seen the movie at the time of the play.
Please say hi to the family for me.
I was reading my own blog and in it I wrote – tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it – yet. Then I thought for a second and was trying to remember where I got that line from so I googled it – and of course it was from Anne! Thanks for reminding me – beautiful entry. Anne is a kindred spirit to me too