Hi I’m Hester Prynne. I live in a cottage on the oustkirts in Boston. I am the sweetest as they get, but I have done something very bad. Nothing compared to murder, but something that I have to live with for the rest of my life. I walk everyday with my sin on my bosom. This “A” that represents ‘shame’. You wanna know what I did? I committed adultery. These Puritan women judge me. They tear me down as if they haven’t committed any sin. How much better are they than me, if they are beating me down and calling me names?  If I have asked my Heavenly Father above for forgiveness, then why are these women whom claim they are more holier than thou prosecuting me? Even though I live my life everyday publicly showing my sin to others, I walk with my head up. I AM PROUD OF MY SIN. When you sin, you have a chance to repent. You will look at my face, and see the “A” on my bosom, but I have more problems than that. I have a husband who made me promise to never tell that we are married for his sake and I still remember every last word he said to me… “Thou hast kept the secret of thy paramour. Keep, likewise, mine!  There are none in this land that know me. Breathe not to any human soul that thou didst ever call me husband!” (Page 63). There are many things I want, or wish for; like a husband I actually love or to get back with the father of my child whom no one knows, but my main dream is: to raise my daughter. I dream of her growing up knowing that she will never make the same mistakes as me. I am the only person who can teach her the right things to do because I have been through hell and back. My daughter is my scarlet letter. I’m the one who brought her into the world…. This judgmental world. . With everything I’ve been going through lately, I need a little guidance.. So I’ve been looking on the internet for a website that can help me raise my daughter, and I think this one helps. http://www.pbs.org/parents/raisinggirls/powerful/

Look me and my beautiful scarlet letter.