Little Dorrit

I have decided is my favorite Dicken’s long book. My favorite Dicken’s short story will always be A Christmas Carol.

 Cathryn and I just rewatched my favorite movie version of Little Dorrit (and yes, I have read the book, just not recently). I realized this morning after finishing it last night that I identify so much with the main character in a way that astounds me. Her prayers were answered when her father inherited a large fortune and got out of debtor’s prison after so many years. She had the hardest time adjusting to the new life of wealth, and hated it. I confess to you that I feel imprisoned often – and I know Cathryn does too, by her disability. But I realized how difficult it would be for both of us if Jesus answered our prayers and healed her after all these years. We would both have to go out and get jobs, and we don’t know how to do anything else. This is what we know best and what is most comfortable. Surprisingly, this gives me peace and more strength to carry on without complaint!

 PICTURE When we were in England this past summer we found in London the last remaining wall to the Marshalsea prison that Dicken’s writes about in this story. His father was imprisoned there when he was a child.