Sisters of Notre Dame

This was a very interesting read for me. It was cool to learn and see where the basic principles that our school is based on came from. One of the things that I found really Interesting is how the two sisters had two totally different up bringings. Francoise obviously came from a rich family and lived a lavish lifestyle, her dad had a lot of people that worked for him. Julie family could've been one of those workers. At first it was probably definitely hard to bond because you would think that someone of the opposite spectrum like that would never be able to get a long with you. But sometimes I feel like its out differences that really bring us together. They both also wanted the same thing they wanted to give back and help those in need. One thing that I think really shaped Francoise was how her Grandma would always take her and have her help their workers to give them food and medicine for any illness they might be fighting. You would think that someone of Francoise's prestige would not want to be dealing with the stuff she was when they could just be living a grand lifestyle. You would also think that in the state Julie was in there was no way that she could or would help people out. But they both proved us wrong and they were in the field really putting in work. I thank them for that because if it wasn't for them I would not in this school right now learning about the great values they left for us.

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