The Fairytale Princess
Most little girls dream at one time or another of meeting a handsome prince and becoming a princess. I had my fair share of those dreams when I was a child. So, when I was a teenager, and the beautiful Lady Diana married the handsome(?) Prince Charles, I set my alarm and got up in the wee hours of the morning to watch the wedding on television along with the rest of the world. Then she had two little princes and her life did seem to be the stuff of fairytales. One day she would be queen. But, life is not a fairytale and the beautiful princess had sadness behind her lovely eyes. She and the handsome(?) prince got a divorce and it seemed she had finally found what may have been Mr. Right. But just when it looked like she might find happiness, her life was cut short. I remember the night she died. My mother called me and told me. I was so shocked and sad. All I could think about was that beautiful young princess and her fairytale wedding I'd watched so many years ago. Five years ago, she died. I can see in her sons that her influence is greatly missed. There are no fairytales. Only reality. Life and death. Lives are cut short all the time, but it seemed a sparkle went out of the world when she left it.
