My sister has convinced me to start blogging…..so lets see what happens…..
Katie Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler, flitted around Georgia in her big skirts breaking hearts and back-talking everyone. She was bitchy, and knew how to go right to the edge of indecency and not cross. She knew how important her traditions were, and how strong a Southern lady could be when the moment arose. This is something that has been instilled into each “mini-belle” from the day we were born. The times might have moved forward, but our mothers and grandmothers still beat manners in our brains. We may be years past Scarlet, but in many ways there is a little Scarlet in each of us.
I have a group of girls who are tougher than Scarlet. We will kick “Rhett” to the curb if he talks bad about our mamma, daddy, sista, or the dog, all the while cleaning the house, bathing the kids, and swattin the flies. We aren’t afraid to sweat to get what we want, and we won’t settle for anything less than we deserve. We may not wear hoop skirts and bonnets, but we always carry ourselves with charm and genteelness. Scarlet new how to bat her eyes and make men swoon……we still do that, just with a little more eye-liner.
If Scarlet lived in this time, she wouldn’t know quite what to do with us, I do believe. We are single, married, divorce, raising children, wanting children and never settling for A-A-Ashley, when our prince charming could be right down the road ready to come in on his white pick-up truck to save the day!
To all of my non-Scarlet’s, never forget these tips to live by:
· Never wear white shoes before Easter or after Labor Day UNLESS you are the bride
· Thank You Notes are a necessary component of being gracious and appreciative
· Never chew gum in Church or smoke in the street
· Never show anger in public, smile and act like a lady, walk off and talk about how skanky that girl was for pickin on you
· Act helpless and confused when it is to your advantage, never let on how clever and capable you are.
· “Flirting is a woman's trade. One must keep in practice,”
· No man is worth a black eye, remember we are just a phone call away and will come and kill him
Until next time,
Hugs and Kisses Y’all
Sister-Belle
Katie Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler, flitted around Georgia in her big skirts breaking hearts and back-talking everyone. She was bitchy, and knew how to go right to the edge of indecency and not cross. She knew how important her traditions were, and how strong a Southern lady could be when the moment arose. This is something that has been instilled into each “mini-belle” from the day we were born. The times might have moved forward, but our mothers and grandmothers still beat manners in our brains. We may be years past Scarlet, but in many ways there is a little Scarlet in each of us.
I have a group of girls who are tougher than Scarlet. We will kick “Rhett” to the curb if he talks bad about our mamma, daddy, sista, or the dog, all the while cleaning the house, bathing the kids, and swattin the flies. We aren’t afraid to sweat to get what we want, and we won’t settle for anything less than we deserve. We may not wear hoop skirts and bonnets, but we always carry ourselves with charm and genteelness. Scarlet new how to bat her eyes and make men swoon……we still do that, just with a little more eye-liner.
If Scarlet lived in this time, she wouldn’t know quite what to do with us, I do believe. We are single, married, divorce, raising children, wanting children and never settling for A-A-Ashley, when our prince charming could be right down the road ready to come in on his white pick-up truck to save the day!
To all of my non-Scarlet’s, never forget these tips to live by:
· Never wear white shoes before Easter or after Labor Day UNLESS you are the bride
· Thank You Notes are a necessary component of being gracious and appreciative
· Never chew gum in Church or smoke in the street
· Never show anger in public, smile and act like a lady, walk off and talk about how skanky that girl was for pickin on you
· Act helpless and confused when it is to your advantage, never let on how clever and capable you are.
· “Flirting is a woman's trade. One must keep in practice,”
· No man is worth a black eye, remember we are just a phone call away and will come and kill him
Until next time,
Hugs and Kisses Y’all
Sister-Belle
Never smoke in the street...unless that street is Bourbon. :)
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