Cinderella and Prince Charming

Recently Miss Shelby has discovered a timeless favorite...."Cinderella." It is now her current favorite movie. Finally we have moved from "Lady and the Tramp" to "Cinderella." She lives in her pretend world of castles and fairy god mothers. But....the cutest thing has to be her Prince Charming. It is autumn. The front porch is decorated with pumpkins and scarecrows. Suddenly Shelby turns to her mom and asks...."Mom, can I get prince?" Nonchalantly, mom says..."sure." She opens the door....steps out on the porch and drags in a wooden scarecrow about 4 feet tall.....just right for an almost three year old. Immediately, she swirls around the room....dancing with her prince. She stops....and gives him a big hug and a dramatic kiss....then begins to dance around the room once again! Poor prince is dragged around the room by his limp and patched sleeve until she finally tires of him. Then just as suddenly as he appeared....he is back on the porch. It is too cute!

Of course young females for generations have been dreaming of Prince Charming. I am sure some psychologist somewhere would remind us that it is not healthy to dream of a perfect man...that they don't exist. Well....she will find that out soon enough. But...it is nice to dream and pretend. She will fall in love with horses...and ice cream... puppies, her daddy and her Pop Pop. She will let her mind imagine all sorts of possibilities...all reality begins with the imagination.

For now...I will begin to pray that some day she will find a real Prince Charming....some one that will always love and appreciate all the unique qualities that she brings into this world....someone that will be her best friend....someone that will grow old with her. They exist....I know....I found one.