Schultz Party of Four

We started reading the Little House series months ago.
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We drove seven hours to the Little House in the Big Woods.
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We have invested time and emotional energy into this story.
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Tonight we closed the last chapter - and there were tears on my cheeks.
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Not because it's over...because its sad.
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Because life is incredibly difficult. And *spoiler alert* the baby dies, the house burns down, the crop doesn't come through for the fourth year in a row, and the debt only piles higher.
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Which was really the lesson I learned from these books - that is - as it turns out debt is not an invention of our generation - neither is the struggle to find your way in life. And in a twisted 'misery loves company' kind of way, this is all very encouraging.