fairy tales

“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.” (Grey’s Anatomy)

I was never one of those kids who got really hooked with fairy tales. I knew that there are fairy tales entitled Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella and Snow White and Goldilocks but I never really put myself in their shoes. I knew that they were just stories to make us feel good about life and its shortcomings. I know that we can dream and dreams make life exciting because when you dream, you actually have something to look forward to. We always hope that our dreams can somehow come true.

Most of my friends always tell me that my prince will come along when you least expect it or something like, your prince might be just around the corner, and you haven’t seen him. Why must we refer to him as the “prince”, why not refer to him as “the frog”. Tagging him the prince is very fairy tale, do guys look for their “princess” to save from the wicked queen? I don’t think so, but we girls look for our princes to sweep us off our feet. Ironic?

Now, how many price charming can we meet in a lifetime? According to Charlotte York of Sex and the City, we get 2 great loves in a lifetime. According to Elizabeth Taylor, hmnn… I don’t know, all I know is that she had a lot of princes. According to Madam Auring, our prince charming doesn’t have to be older than us, he can be a minor too. Our prince charming can come in different sizes, generation and packaging. And they may come in numbers too. One at a time, two at a time, bring it on genie!

Some girls don’t even want prince charming but prefer princess charming. Now, that’s an idea. Maybe having a princess charming is even better, right? I haven’t really thought about that though. I just know that I have girl friends whom are happy because they found love not with a prince charming but a princess dressed like a prince. As long as they’re happy, I’m happy for them.

We have different stories to tell, you have yours and I have mine. My fairy tale might have been finished a couple of years ago but who knows there might be a spin off or a sequel, or a season 2, can go as far as season 10, right? Or my fairy tale might have not even started yet, maybe I’m one of those late blooming princesses. Or perhaps, my story is currently a blank page and is unwritten, maybe waiting for a really good writer to start it up.

“At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.” – Meredith Grey