In character:
Thinking back to the younger days of my life as I worked with Gerty, I remember a sermon the father would give our Mother and the four of us. He stated “She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.” For some reason, it resonated with me... Is what Gerty or Lucy would say. I just see it as another passage that Mother would make us listen to because she was religious. I felt as if this somehow affected all 4 of us, being my sisters and I. Ever since my father passed,…