I haven’t been feeling well lately and have also been very busy. So, what’s on my mind when things slow down and I get to rest and recover? Why, it’s the Little House books, of course! 
I was thinking about all of the stories that Laura tells throughout the entire series. Some are happy stories and some are sad. Most of the time the stories have a happy ending or at least a lesson to be learned and that’s what I’ve been dwelling on lately.
There are so many chapters or multiple chapters that tell a particular story with a happy ending. I guess if I have to pick one that really stands out, for me it would be towards the end of On The Banks of Plum Creek. You all know the one, right?
A three-day blizzard has just ended and Pa decides to head to town. Ma voices her concern and urges him not to go. Something very unlike Ma, in my opinion. Pa tells her not to worry and heads off to town. The hours tick by slowly until Laura notices that sky has changed. Indeed, a blizzard is coming. A blizzard that goes on until the fourth day when the wind finally calms and the snow stops.
At some point in my life I have come to realize that the scene that I had once looked at as a daughter, I had now begun to see as a wife. Can you imagine the worry and dread that Ma felt for over three days? Where was her husband? She had that bad feeling about the short trip to town in the first place. She probably knew that he would try to make it home to his family before the blizzard hit. And she knew that he was out there. Somewhere. I’m sure she wondered whether she would see him again.
Ma kept that lantern in the window and she waited and waited. What a happy ending when Pa dug his way out of the creek bank so close to home and walked through the door!
I could go on and on, but I wonder…what is one of your favorite happy ending scene from the Little House books?
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