Another of my favorite TV shows is about a family living on a farm back during the 1800s. This drama aired from about the mid 1970s until about the mid 1980s. It was also on for 9 seasons.
This is another feel-good show that deals with making the right decisions and doing good to people - just like the show that I talked about back in part 2. There's a lot of similar things between the two shows. One of the daughters in this family is also a writer, by the way. :)
There are episodes that show the family praying before meals, and going to church. Family members are shown actually talking to God. God is definitely an important part of this family's life.
There are characters in town who are a source of continual frustration to this farming family. But the family learns to be forgiving and not revengeful.
In fact there's a school girl who is always a source of frustration to one of the daughters in this family. This school girl's father happens to own the general store. This rich girl is always dolled up and turns her nose up at anyone who is poor. The farm girl is always being looked down on.
There's a Christmas episode that shows the farm girl owns her own horse, and of course the rich girl wants it. At the beginning of the story the farm girl sees a new stove at the general store. She decides to get it for Ma because Ma really needs a new stove. How does she pay for this new stove? She basically exchanges her horse for it. Yes, the rich girl gets the horse after all. But, Ma has a new stove. The farm girl, by the way, is the one who's the writer.
There's something peaceful and heartwarming about this show that I've always enjoyed. I enjoy the innocence of it. I finally have the DVD set of the first season.
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