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The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: Overcoming the Damsel in Distress-Part 2

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Over a year ago I published my first blog, entitled "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: Overcoming the Damsel in Distress" during a time when I was feeling down and inadequate about myself and my life. Things have since gotten a lot better for me. I started working in a Senior Living home as a dining room attendant/server, where I discovered the true career field I want to be in because of the bond I developed with the residents. In addition, I began attending an excellent church that taught me so much about the Bible and about Jesus Christ. This church and my newfound faith in Jesus has changed my life and my outlook on life and has allowed me to trust more and more in the plans God has for me. I'm glad I wrote my blog when I did, but I do regret not completing it after I started attending my church because I have new ideas that I am proud to share! In case anyone is unfamiliar with the Perils of Penelope Pitstop, it was an old Hanna Barbera cartoon about Penelope Pitst
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The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: Overcoming the Damsel in Distress

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This is SO corny, but during my senior year of high school, I started getting into cartoons designed by Hanna Barbera, who created Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, and The Jetstons. But it wasn't until later in life that I became obsessed with one of Hanna Barbera's characters, Penelope Pitstop from Wacky Races, who drove her beauty salon style car, the Compact Pussycat. I especially became obsessed with her spin-off show, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop! For those who remember the show, and to give those who haven't seen the show an idea, Penelope Pitstop was a damsel in distress who fell time and again into the clutches of her archenemy, the Hooded Claw, who unknown to her, was truly her own guardian, Sylvester Sneekly, who is determined to kill her so he can obtain her family fortune. In every episode, the Claw puts her in a number of complex deathtraps; however, Penelope either escapes the traps by herself or her ever-present protectors, the Ant
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