Seeking Growth

I've caught the PBS bug. I am captivated with Downton Abbey. I was home sick last January and watched all of Season 1 just in time for the Season 2 premiere, and now I'm into Season 3..... My husband likes to tease me that I like all dramas set prior to the modern age. I am so fascinated by the eras in which sex roles, classes, employment, etc. were all so rigidly defined. I know this is because of my own eternal quest to figure out the best balance for myself in work/life/family/career/interests, and on and on the list goes. I find myself sometimes feeling envious of women who lived in those times. I watch those sisters living in Downton Abbey and observe that in one moment they find pleasure and comfort in the structure those roles provide and in the next they feel a prisoner of it. So, perhaps these women are not so different than my modern quest?

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