Anne Of Green Gables :: It took all of my willpower to not post a picture of Anne with Gilbert Blythe. As much as I love their fabulous little romance, it was Anne and her smart, independent self, romantic ideals, and feminist strength that I think I was most draw to as a nine year old when I first read the book. That, and she had red hair.

I remember so vividly reading the whole Anne of Green Gables series. It was the summer after 4^th grade – I was 9 – I loved being 9 more than I’ve loved being any other age thus far. We spent a good chunk of the summer in Iowa visiting my mom’s distant cousins and the farms my grandparents grew up on. My great aunt taught me how to make the best cinnamon sugar toast in the world, I went to my first rodeo and country fair, and while driving from Atlanta to Iowa and everywhere in between I was deeply immersed in the Anne of Green Gables books.

We rented and watched the entire Anne of Green Gables movie series last week. I had only ever seen the first movie, but wast delighted to learn that there are 3 in the series! I cried my eyes out when Matthew died. My grinch heart grew about 3 sizes at Gilbert’s love for Anne. I laughed at all the amazingly dramatic sentences Anne composes(odd, as they weren’t funny when I was a kid). I thanked my lucky stars that I know what it means to have kindred spirits in this life and decided that one day I shall take a vacation to Prince Edward Island.