My Letter to Mr. Darcy
I once pled to Jane Austen's character: "Gaze in my fine eyes; love me despite your pride."
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Dearest Darcy,
Your terse words evoked
Anguish, longing, hope, warmth
I loved you alongside Caroline
I loved you before Lizzy
Why weren’t you mine?
I once pled:
“Glance at wallflower me
Dance with me
Gaze in my fine eyes
Violently declare your affection
Love me despite your pride”
Understand I was part
Loud Lydia
Moralizing Mary
Not enough Lizzy
Adore me anyway
Oh, austere Darcy,
I kept falling for you--
Gentlemen like you
But
None fell for me
None humbled themselves for me
I don’t blame you
Aloof, reserved soul
Yet at times I do
In my naivete
I wanted you
When I needed Bingley
His open affection
His reassurance
His embrace
So Mr. Darcy,
Go hike your breeches
Pull up your Hessian bootstraps
Loop your cravat
Whatever
I’m over you
I found my Bingley
Mrs. C. Davis
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Below I read my poem aloud and include pictures of gowns and moments with my Bingley.
To capture Darcy's or Bingley's attention, I altered, made, or bought various dresses over the years. Truly, I enjoy creating beauty as clothing or myself as a canvas.
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My sister made this dress patterned after Eliza Doolittle's ball gown during her high school years. After she graduated, I beaded the top of the gown, shortened the length, and added the panel on the neckline (my sister is 7" taller than I am).
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For Christmas my senior year of high school, my parents gifted me fabric and a pattern to make a medieval dress. I embroidered the dress with gold thread. I wore it to prom, for Halloween, and for playing dress-up. In the top left picture, I am a pregnant princess (the After Happily Ever After). In the middle left picture, my partner and I chacha the second and last round. In the bottom left picture, two neighborhood girls and I dressed up. On the right, my father-in-law captured a moment the night before my wedding and the moments after marrying in the Monticello, Utah temple.
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I sewed lace on the pink ribbon to place on the neckline and around the waist. I made a ribbon headband using elastic underneath (same with the waistband). I glued ribbon flowers onto a fake pearl necklace and bobby pins. I bought the dress from Ross; the gloves from a local gown shop; and the necklace, bracelets, ribbons, etc from Walmart. Mr. Davis loves the outfit.
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