Small Wonders

I understand the author's intent.  It is a personal essay.  I would love to grow up and be a professional essay writer!  It would be a lot of work to try and connect with everyone, but the personal experience part would come easy.  I love writing about myself and my life and connecting it to what I know.  I see how Kingsolver went from the bear, to where she was geographically, the events happening their and then the events effecting the whole world.  I'd have a hard time relating my personal world to the real world or it's events; past or present.  I am history and governmentally deficient; i seriously suck.  I can't keep up with politics, and I have no personal preference.  I am very patriotic girl, but I have not idea what our country is going through; it's pretty sad.   I believe when I grow up, I will feel more obligated to learn.  I loved her connections with mothers.  It is universal, you are a mother, will be a mother, have or had a mother.  Even father's know motherly instint, it's Paternal.  They connect to their kids too.  I did enjoy learning all the weaving that went through this essay.  It is cool to see it all connect in the end.