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By Jan Pinborough Church Magazines

Louisa wrote Little Women at the little round white desk by the window in her room. Her sister May painted Louisa’s favorite bird over the fireplace 18 bedchamber Photographs courtesy of Louisa (see close-up on page 19). May Alcott’s ; other photos by elizabeth pinborough

Journal Jars he activity day girls from Before they visited Orchard House, the girls had an activity day all about journals. Each one decorated a jar Marlborough and Framingham, T and filled it with ideas of things to write about. Massachusetts, were learning about The funniest thing that happened to me today was . . . keeping journals. So when they I’m thankful for . . . visited Orchard House, just a few My friends and I . . . minutes away in Concord, they I love ______because . . . were really inspired. I’m looking forward to . . . Orchard House is where When I grow up . . . , the author of I wish . . . Little Women, lived with her Today in church we learned about . . . parents and three sisters. All of the Alcott girls kept journals. They even brought them to the dinner table so they Inside the house, girls with could read their latest the girls saw the different person- entries out loud to wedding dress the alities and interests too. They their family. Alcott girls made for even have girls from two different Before going inside their sister Anna and wards, and several are not mem- the house, the Primary a picture of an owl bers of the Church. But they all girls sat under the big that May painted like doing fun and inspiring things trees to talk about what over the fireplace together for activity day. they write about in their in Louisa’s room. They also After this activity, these “little own journals. Like Nephi, they like learned about the sisters’ different women” will have even more to to write “the things of [their] soul” talents and interests. Louisa was a write about in their journals! ◆ (2 Nephi 4:15). writer, and Anna liked acting. Elizabeth loved music, and May was an artist. The activity day group is made up of

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