I have a confession- I'm scheduled for surgery Wednesday and I'm scared. It's not without reason either, because the last time I had surgery it turned out I had severe, undiagnosed hypothyroid and I coded while under anesthesia. It's being treated now, but such a close call is a reminder of just how mortal one is, and I don't want to leave my girls motherless.
I've thought of canceling the surgery, but I'm convinced that if I leave my problem unattended it will lead to a more complicated surgery in the future, maybe even an emergency one. There's just no way around it, I need to do this.
My writing has been on hiatus because I just can't focus right now, but I have been reading, and I finished Sense and Sensibility already. It helped to keep my mind off of things, and it was just so good I couldn't put it down. I wanted to read it as a writer, studying it to absorb her style of writing and why she is so timeless, but I finished it as a reader. I was completely involved with the characters and even though I had seen the movie and knew how it ended, I wanted to experience it again.
Another book I had read, by a professor who teaches classes on Jane Austen's books, dealt with how timeless her characters are, and how they are capable of crossing cultural boundaries too. For example, who doesn't know someone so defined by material things and money that they could be John and Fannie Dashwood? or a young woman easily caught up and conquered by a womanizer, as Marianne was by Willoughby?
Even the "villain", Lucy Steele- a jealous, self promoting butt kisser?
In real life, I could see at least parts of these characters in people, some 200 years later. What a talent!
How are all of you doing? Anyone else finished with S & S?
I will try to post a quick note as soon as I am able to let you know how I'm doing after my surgery.
Rose, I will be praying for you on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteThank you, me too!
DeletePlease heal quickly. I'm sending good thoughts your direction.
ReplyDeleteThank you, and I'll take those thoughts with me :)
DeleteGood luck with the surgery. I never like going in the hospital either. Think positive, and have faith in the doctors.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I do have faith in them, after all, they pulled me through the first time.
DeletePraying for you.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteScary though it may be it will be better to get it taken care of early. Good luck, and I'll be praying for you too.
ReplyDeleteAusten was a master at making universal characters. That's why her books are still loved today. Characters we can relate to, situations or feelings that resonate with our own.
Thank you!
DeleteAusten is amazing- it's hard to believe anyone didn't like her, like Mark Twain.
I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers on Wednesday. I know the surgery will go well. I'm sorry you had such a rough time during your last surgery. Let us know how you are doing.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I appreciate it, and I'll post as soon as I'm able.
DeleteRose, I will be thinking of you and praying all goes well. Please let us know when you can that all went well. Hugs. <3
ReplyDeleteThank you! All this love is giving me the boost I need right now.
DeleteRose I hope and pray that the procedure went well!
ReplyDeleteI'm still plodding along with S&S... about halfway through...
Thank you, it did! I just steamed through the book S & S. .I wasn't planning on reading it so quickly but it was just what I needed to get my mind off of things.
DeleteI read S&S last year as part of my New Years Goals. I enjoyed it a lot, although it's not my favorite Austen novel.
ReplyDeleteHope your surgery went well!
Thank you, it did go well. I have to agree that this was not my favorite book from her either, but I still liked it.
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