It's how all fairy tales end. And having once been a little girl, I can say with a fair amount of certainty, that little girls all dream of their "happily ever after". Right now you are too young to even know what that means. But it will only be a few short years before your dreams start to unfold. And they will shift and change and mold and evolve, but always lead to that "happily ever after".
And as you get older, you will look upon your parents and see their flaws and downfalls. You will watch them make stupid mistakes and hurt themselves. And you'll likely say "I'll never make the mistakes my parents make." And then one day you will. And you won't even know you have done it until it's been done. It will make you question all sorts of things about yourself. It will make you question your intelligence. It may even make you question your strength. But you'll eventually move forward thinking you've conquered this flaw, and you'll boldly go onward saying "well, now I know for certain!" - until the next mistake. And there will be times when you think all is lost. There will be a time when you look upon "happily ever after" with a bitter heart, and your faith will falter.
And here's what no one will ever tell you: "Happily Ever After" doesn't mean you will never have heartache, hard times, or make mistakes. You will do and have all of these things from now until you die. At least, this is what I gather from both experience and observation. So what is "happily ever after" then? Is it something just for fairy tales? An unrealistic expectation for little girls to pine after all their lives? Or maybe living happily ever after doesn't mean never feeling sadness or pain. Maybe it means persevering through those things - and at the end of every hard day, still being able to love freely and laugh.
Maybe.
May we all live happily ever after.
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