I grew up living off of Disney movies. My mom worked in the local Disney store in our mall, and I was that little girl who was sitting in the huge arrangement of stuffed animals watching the movies they played on the the big screen TV. Put any Disney movie in, and I can pretty much recite every word, every line, every song and every sound throughout the whole entire movie. I am a Disney kid.
Growing up with those movies, I grew up wanting to be a princess, specifically Snow White. I even had a Snow White doll that I carried around with me everywhere and at one point in my childhood I would never put her down or go anywhere without her. Snow White just had something special and unique about her. She was beautiful, had all the friends she could ever ask for like the dwarfs and all the animals, she had that love at first sight thing going for her, and minus the evil step-mother, she had the perfect life that any little 4 year old would want.
Every princess has her prince. Snow White had Prince Ferdinand, Cinderella had Prince Charming, Aurora had Phillip, Ariel had Eric, Belle had Adam, Jasmine had Aladdin, Pocahontas had John....and well you get the picture. I looked at the Disney princesses as a little girl, and imagined the moment when my Ferdinand would come riding in on his white horse, my Charming would search high and low for me, my Phillip would slay my dragons for me, my Eric would make me want more in life, my Adam would show me how to love the unexpected, my Aladdin would show me everything the world has to offer, and my John would never give up on me no matter what. I wanted that prince to come to my rescue more then anything as a little girl. I grew up waiting for that prince, hoping that he would come. But as I grew older, I began to realize that stuff like that doesn't happen in the world we live in. That guy you think is cute most likely won't be your Prince Charming, you won't fall in love at first sight and he won't be riding a white horse. I've had my heart broken and at times I've given up on that theory that I put together as a little girl.
On this day 20 years ago, my dad became my mom's prince for the rest of her life. My mom wore a pretty dress, looked like a princess, and they showed all their friends and family in front of God just how much they loved each other. She was Snow White and he was Ferdinand. When I look at them, the marriage that they've created and the love that they have for each other, I continue to have confidence in that theory that I've placed in the back of my head. I have faith in that prince that's out there for me somewhere, and I've realized that I just haven't met him yet. Too many people now days give up so easily, and I think that it's important to not give up on things like love. It's too special, rare and valuable to just throw away like a used napkin. So don't give up hope and stop searching, because you may just miss that person who is searching for you.
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