Status Updates From The Sourdough Compendium

Ernestine knows how troublesome beautiful girls can be (she was one herself), what with wills of their own and everyone falling over themselves to please and hope for their favors, or even just a glance, kind or indifferent it matters not. But her son's a fool for a pretty face and all she can do is love him anyway and shrug.

I love that my father knows this. He wouldn't have me 'prenticed to some smelly old man. I also love that my father doesn't insist on me becoming a lady too fine a tie my own shoelaces or pour my own milk. I love that he's giving up on my current education as a bad joke.