Serious Aspects of the Helen Story Sequence

Of course, the musical parts of the Helen stories are serious; in fact the whole story is serious.  In each story, though—and I didn't set out to have it turn out this way, trust me—Helen slowly matures.  I had noticed that Helen was a big baby, in the earlier stories, and tried to get her to be more responsible, and somehow it turned out that in each story, Helen was painfully learning to join the dots, and to take pleasure in the happiness of the people around her. 

I recently wrote a blog post over on the other blog ('Don't wait for the Movie') on the subject of adulting, and there were lots of references to the Helen stories, so I thought I may as well sort of cross-post that post over here.

Its title is Adulting.

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