"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true."
Meredith on Grey's Anatomy states this on the T.V. show, and actually I feel like she was talking to me. Sadly I didn't see this episode, yet I ran across this quote online and then researched the show so I could actually see what she was talking about in context.
I definitely have days that I believe in no fairy tales at all and then others in which all I wish and hope are that my fairy tales come true. Not necessarily the ones that I tell Luke & Cole, which are usually about sharks and giants or have Batman fighting off giant dogs or camping with superheroes. Although those might be fun if they came true, but I am talking about the hopeless romantic of finding prince charming, or the perfect job if there is such a thing, having kids of my own, traveling the world, being financially set for life... you know the little things.
I have come to realize that I am living my own fairy tale. Maybe not one that would make a great movie, but one that makes other lives seem boring. For instance, I have graduated from a 4-year university with no debt, I am living in California and have so many options of what to do next that it is troubling to know which door to walk through. Who can say that?? I maybe singing the song of waiting. However, my fairy tales are coming true right under my nose and I am too worried about what other people think stop and realize how blessed I really am. I have a loving family who just want the best for me, a wonderful church family who pray for me daily and best friends who may be thousands of miles away- but make every day brighter just by their love.
Chesterton said it best when he stated,
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
