Thanks for Alice

I’m just writing to say thank you for the Alice series, which I started reading in elementary school. I’m 28 now, and read the final book last night. It had been years since I’d read an Alice book, and doing so brought back so many memories from both Alice’s and my own childhood and teenage years. I had forgotten the extent to which I saw Alice as a friend and (titillating!) resource who could tell me all about new and scary experiences before I had to go through them myself. I felt the same way reading the final book last night; marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, cancer, parents aging and dying… These are exactly the things I find myself worrying about now. Thank you for this final gift of reassurance from an old friend.  With Love and Gratitude,

PS–Before I saw your website again today, I had ALSO forgotten how long I spent poring over your answers to reader questions! Thank you for being such a kind source of advice for so many.

I’m glad I was able to be helpful.  My own mother tried to be helpful.  I’m forever grateful that when I asked how babies were conceived, she answered honestly and factually, leaving out all the scary warnings.  But the written material for girls left a lot to be desired, and I can still remember walking down a street in our neighborhood and whispering to a friend that, there in that house are the man and woman who live together and aren’t married!!!