Melissa Gilbert gets makeup. Courtesy: Bryan Pierson
It’s not often that an article on www.sipandgogirl.com starts an obsession, but apparently people love their Little House On the Prairie.
The Ingalls family in real life spent several years living in Minnesota. I was born in Minnesota along with countless family members going back to the 19th century.
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How many times have you said “I have intimacy issues,” heard someone say he or she has a fear of intimacy or that they know a person who’s afraid of getting too close?
I know of one person who never said that: Pa Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie.
Behold the clipped-on ribbon trim in my hair. It’s my Laura Ingalls braids.
I was a big fan of the TV show. I used to pretend I was Laura Ingalls and clipped brown ribbon onto my short hair except during the season when eldest daughter Mary went blind. Then I pretended I was her so I could act out the dramatic scene when she actually loses her sight.
The show centered around the Ingalls family living in rural Minnesota during the 1870s. I loved how emotional and close the family members were. Pa was always laughing or crying. And despite Mary yelling at Ma once and essentially calling her a whore, they always talked it out, embraced, and life went on. Nobody was paranoid about appearing vulnerable and Laura didn’t talk trash to one sister about another sister.
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