Alicia Florrick of the TV
series “The Good Wife”
(As played by Julianna
Margulies)
(Also for Three Word Wednesday and ABC Wednesday: "S" is for "Stress")
I’m hoping you’ll know, or at least have heard of, this young woman.
“Young”
woman? Well, she’s in her forties, and
for someone my age that’s young.
I have come to realize that she’s a perfect model of
the many gals of our time who “want it all.” They want a high-powered, and high-paying, job
and they want to have a thriving marriage and to be a successful parent too.
She manages – almost - to do this. But it’s obvious her marriage isn’t as
thriving as it could be, and her kids are having a rocky adolescence.
Sometimes she has to stop and wonder if this
having-it-all stuff is a bit toxic, if it's really worth it.
She works in the legal field and her days are crammed with meetings - and some of the meetings can get pretty fiery - and
when the meetings stop the writing work begins: a never-ending stream of memos and
reports.
And the phone calls go on all day.
When she’s finally home she’s involved in her kids’
sporting events, music lessons, family meals, school problems, etc.
Of course, there are a great many folks throughout
the land who would wonder, what’s she complaining about? What if she had our notoriously difficult life – like, for example, where’s our next meal
coming from? Because it’s simply a fact
that she is living a life of affluence.
She is very well paid for her work and, here’s the
kicker, her husband is - the Governor!
He makes a few bob in that line of work too, so as far as finances go
the family is doing fine.
But still, I have to wonder how long she can keep
this up. She loves her job, she loves
her family, she loves her business career, and yes, she even likes the
money. What she does not love is the stress
and strain and the idea that one of these days she may collapse and have to
take a year or two off just to recover.
I don’t know if it makes her story any more believable
if I tell you that she isn’t actually a person, she’s a fictional character.
Who is she?
(The
answer will be posted Saturday.)
24 comments:
Sounds a bit like Alicia Florrick from The Good Wife, nmy favorite TV drama..
Roger Owen Green, as he has done often in the past, has submitted the first correct answer.
The Good Wife?
You may have me stumped. Let my unconscious mind work on this for a while.
The right answer has just been submitted by Kathe W.
She sounds like Alicia Florick.
Helen has just joined us with the correct answer.
Alicia Florrick
She wouldn't be 'The Good Wife' by any chance. would she?
Bee, of the Blog of Bee, and Altonian have both coughed up the right answer.
I don't know who she is, but I can relate. It's hard to have it all. We're always juggling. I'll have to return and find out who it is.
Whoever she is, I definitely agree she's young...ahem...
Sounds like The Good Wife...Alicia Florrick♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/spool-yard/
interesting story...!
you have me stumped
Another right answer, this time from lmkazmierczak (sp?)
I'm thinking Alicia on The Good Wife. But who knows?
Glad to see Sharp Little Pencil back, and with the correct answer.
Is this lady Alicia Florrick from 'The Good Wife' TV series ?
Best wishes,
Di.
ABCW team.
rather different, but i like it, i think i will have to follow your posts seriously
And I'll have to follow your comments seriously. :-)
Trubes has joined us with the right answer.
Hurrah!
Interesting story.
Okay, so I googled. And may be the answer is- Betty Draper. :)
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