My niece ate lunch with me today. She has a true Cinderella story. She was a single mother raising her child in a small east Texas town working herself to the bone and starving as is the case with so many single moms. One day Prince Charming found her, slipped a sparkling heel on her foot, and it fit perfectly. They were married soon after. He was well off, so she never had to work another day in her life, and they have lived happily ever after (so far, because the events are recent). Good for her.The early part of my niece's story is not so pretty. She lost a brother to suicide, married three times to people who were taken to prison for various reasons, and struggled to gain sole custody of her son since his dad was a molester type. Then... she had the Cinderella story. Really, good for her.
I guess the reason the Cinderella story has been around so long is that it has universal themes like being rewarded for overcoming hardship, finding your one true love, finding joy amidst adversity, and hanging on to hope when there seemed to be no reason for doing so. Long live the story of the prince who found the maiden whose foot fit the glass slipper perfectly!
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