When we are little, we spend hours pretending we are adults. We play house, we play school, we pretend we know exactly what our lives will end up like. We listen to fairy tales and we dream of one day finding our prince; someone that can manage to slay that dragon and manage Christmas with the evil step-sisters. We grow older and at some point or another, you swear all the princes have rode off into the sunset only to leave behind a pond full of frogs. So when the first frog comes along that manages to munch on flies with it's mouth closed and doesn't spend too much time hopping from one lily pad to the next, it’s easy to convince yourself this is your prince. Yet somehow we are still shocked that after the first, second and hundredth kiss, our frogs are still just that... frogs.
It doesn't take much for a girl to lose hope and sit back and wonder if the plague has returned or if it's actually just you. Am I smart enough? Am I pretty enough? Why can't I find my prince charming?
Of course, when you least expect it you look up and there he is. He was right in front of you all along. You can't imagine why you hadn't noticed before. Life is perfect and wonderful and you blood pressure is on the fritz from all the blood rushing to your face and well, we will just leave it at that. You start imagining how everything is perfect and really, it is. It doesn’t take long before life does what it does best and you find yourself locked in a tower, dizzy from the unexpected twist. This is the true test of any relationship, royalty or not.
Prince Charming isn't so keen on those dwarfs hanging around so often and the dragons seem to be on overdrive. Life gets tough. Throw in some crazy family and possibly a talking animal or two and you've got yourself one heck of a bad day. We won’t even start on the bad apples. So what do you do? Call up the local wizard for a potion or two, after all who needs a Prince anyway? Or you can hold each other's hands and head off down the lane, ready and willing to face whatever kind of lying carnivorous beast may cross your path?
Sure life has thorns, crazies and more emotions than thieves in Sherwood Forest, but the demons you face aren't what makes or breaks a forever. The love, respect willingness to listen that will decide. It's a guarantee there will be bumps in the road and more than one flat on the carriage, but if you are willing to give a little, you will receive so much more in return.
In the end, all that matters is whether it’s a good day or a bad day, when the sun sets you get to decide if it ends with Happily Ever After.
3 comments:
A prince or princess resides in all of us. Go get him, princess.
Absolutely loved it!
Where are you? I may have misunderstood this post, but I hope not.
Oh, and you had better send something in for the Handover thing or else I'm killing the blog.
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