costly creatures

"It is a merciful provision, my dears; for it takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world. You are costly creatures, boys; and it is well that mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters love their duty and do it so well, or you would perish off the face of the earth," said Mrs Jo, solemnly---from Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott i love it when i'm reading alone at night and something makes me burst out laughing. marit helping this little man with his earliest eating skills...what a lovely mess!