Novelist Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, said, “What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?" Having no knowledge of her, I searched her name and read a bit about her life. Very quickly, I felt akin to her through the romantic relationship challenges, spiritual questions, and love of writing she experienced. Evans lived from 1819-1880 and while her memoir could have been quite powerful, she didn't write under her own