SOS - Something on Sunday - Better than a fairy tale

Once upon a time long, long (okay not that long) ago...

In a magical place

Pacific University

This girl


met this guy


and they decided to


and they lived happily ever after!

WAIT! Rewind

This is NOT a fairy tale... it's better because it's real life

They had to miss a day of school to get married, work two jobs each through college and grad school, study hard, pass tests and in the end they managed to graduate with a ton of debt.

They moved around searching for work

made great friends

mourned the loss of people they loved

experienced all of the ups and downs of real life

Some days life was

a walk in the park


other times it was

a rollercoaster ride

The only thing certain was

CHANGE


and MORE CHANGE

Yesterday was a very important anniversary for us -we have now spent half of our lives together.

I don't read fairy tales to my girls much anymore...but when I did I changed the last line. I didn't read "and they lived happily ever after." Instead I said, "and they had good times and bad times and shared them together."

That's real, that's life and, if you ask me, it's better than a fairy tale.