We've made it to the beginning of Season 5 with Little House on the Prairie. Can you believe this show was on for a total of ten seasons? The event I had been dreading and waiting for occurred at the end of Season 4 (I won't mention what it was for those of you who don't already know) and because of the trouble between the Grangers and the Railroad we were compelled to start in on Season 5 with a vengeance. One thing that makes me very happy is that Mary is finally with a man who is worthy of her. Makes the boys she was previously involved with seem much too childish.
In some ways this seems an important lesson for girls who are now in college. It certainly would have been a good lesson for me had I been able to receive it. In youth we suffer painful losses in relationships that sometimes make us feel as though we've missed our chance at happiness. I realize it's only a television show, but when you compare the man Mary eventually does marry with the one she was once engaged to, it's obvious to me which one is better, which one God actually chose for her.
I want to take this idea further, say so much more, but instead I'm going to have to let it go. It's time for sleep.
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