Fairy Tales

It's a set up you know. Cinderella, the glass slipper, Prince Charming, and most of all the happy ending! What do we expect. We grow up hearing these tales of happily ever after and then reality just isn't quite that. Now don't get me wrong my Prince Charming is pretty Charming! In fact I wouldn't trade him for anything, its the happily ever after part that takes work. Sure there is a ton of happy, but it is give and take. There is also compromise. So here we are self respecting
women who are teaching our little girls that it exists. You don't ever here at the end of the story, and Cinderella and Prince Charming lived happily ever after with a few compromises and a couple of bumps along the road.

So my question for you is what kind of values are most important. Do you teach them that magic really exists. That there is someone out there who will melt your heart and make you forget that everyone else exists. Do you teach them that although life is scary and frustrating the magic is always there all you have to do is believe.

Or, are you a cynic who teaches your children that while glass slippers are nice to look at imagine having the shards surgically removed from your foot if one of them broke. Reality is harsh and cruel and while there may be some exceptions Cinderella stories don't exist.

I myself believe in the magic. I don't need a glass slipper or a white horse to know that tomorrow will be okay. Sure there are bumps in the road and we face the unknown, but that is life. Sometimes part of making the happily ever after real is having the courage and audacity to face life head on and find no fear in tomorrow. If you can dance like no one is watching, love like there is no tomorrow, and believe in magic when you can't see it then you will be okay. Sure the cynic in me says Cinderella is a fool, but the little girl in me is clapping!!!

"There's only grace
There's only love
There's only mercy
And believe me it's enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
There's nothing left now
There's only grace"

Happily ever after is a little bit of work, a lot of love, and the faith to make it happen!