Pygmalion

 Was talking to the wise man this morning who mentioned the Greek story of Pygmalion. Pygmalion fell in love with Aphrodite and was so enamored of her that he made a doll that looked like her and took the doll to bed. Aphrodite made the doll come alive and Pygmalion had two children with Galatea. It's a story about the importance of not forcing perfection on another human being. It occurred to me that we often expect perfection from others when it just is not possible. In my books, A Home for Easter and Hester's Journey, the characters are not perfect. In Hester's Journey, Easter is a little overwhelmed by Arter's bi sexual life, but she accepts him. We can tell that she is struggling with this, but the story explains what she did with it.