Sisters.............

To be an Elias girl is a gift.............I am one of four and only when together are we whole. It's a rarity for a family to have four girls and no boys. The dynamics are unbelievable. I remember when Danielle was a little girl, she told her teacher that sometimes she had to raise her hand at the dinner table to talk.
We are all so alike and yet all so different. We have so many similarities and yet are such individuals. We are a force to be reckoned with, the Elias Girls. When we stand together, whoa baby, you better watch out! Years ago, I wrote a piece for a class I was taking, comparing my sisters to the March sisters AKA Little Women. There are so many similarities, its eerie at time.


Youngest to Oldest..............Bethany

Bethany is 24 years old and the smartest person I know. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Zack, and they just recently bought a house and have a puppy named Nash. Bethany has a bunch of degrees, most recently her Masters of Arts in Religious Studies from ASU. Now on to her Doctorate. She loves to read and organize, volunteer and plan events and of course, study! I think she's addicted to education.
Youngest of the March girls................Amy~She's the youngest of the family and she fits the stereotype of the spoiled youngest child. Amy's vanity begins with her appearance – she's a pretty child and turns into a beautiful, stately woman. She is "cool, reserved and worldly"

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Danielle is the third daughter.....She's 30 years old and a 7th grade Social Studies teacher. She's strikingly beautiful and she's super sarcastic. She loves her sleep, her students, to pamper herself and her mama. She was the girl that would go with my mom to the grocery store because she didn't want my mom going alone. So so so sweet and I love when she surprises us and is a little wacky. She's working hard to make the world a better place and I love her for that.

......Third March Daughter.....Beth~The third March sister, Beth is very shy and quiet. Like Meg, she always tries to please other people, and like Jo, she is concerned with keeping the family together. Beth struggles with minor faults, such as her resentment for the housework she must do. Alcott describes her as a rosy, smooth-haired, bright-eyed girl, with a shy manner, timid voice, and a peace that was seldom disturbed.

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The Second daughter is Brittney............Her birthday is today and she is now 34! She's the mother of FOUR---Cidney 11, Kiley 10, Wrangler 6 and Lane 1 month and 2 days old! She's a labor and delivery nurse and married last year and became a full time mother all in the same week. Her strength is something I admire most. Her dealings with her patients and their situations, her step children and now, seeing her with her baby boy, I am humbled by her strength. She cracks me up with her sarcasm and is always on my side no matter what.

The Second March Daughter.............Jo...........Jo is an outspoken tomboy and the tallest of the girls. She loves activity and can't bear to be left on the sidelines. She's clumsy, blunt, opinionated, and jolly. Her behavior is often most unladylike – she swears (mildly), burns her dress while warming herself at the fire, spills things on her only gloves, and barely tolerates her cranky old Aunt March. She's the rebellious one.
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And then there's me.........the oldest daughter.......Mindy. I am 37 (good Lord!!!!) and I am the girl who still wishes on stars and believes what people say. I see the goodness in everyone, even when they are being horrible to me. I am the Branch Executive of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley Compadre Branch and I am living my dream (career wise)........and still single.....but looking with my giant eyes for a good man.

The Oldest March Daughter---Meg........Meg, short for Margaret, is the oldest and (until Amy grows up) the prettiest of the four March sisters. She's also the most typical of the sisters –(written as very pretty, plump and fair, with large eyes, plenty of soft, brown hair, a sweet mouth, and white hands, which she is rather vain)and she is well-mannered and rather bossy.

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I am truly blessed to be associated with these fine women. They have impeccable taste, hearts full of love and sarcasm dripping from most words. A lot of who I am is because of my sisters.