Life is NOT a fairy tale; or is it?

Once upon a time...

In my fairy tale, the story begins like this...

     Once upon a time, there was a young and beautiful queen who lived in a providence called Florida. All was well, or so it seemed, until one day great sadness and darkness fell upon the queen when she received the dreadful and heartbreaking news that her prince charming was no longer in love with her and left her for another fair maiden. Not only was this queen sad, now she had new worries and concerns. She was left with no money, no place to live, and no one to help care for their four small children.

     The now heartbroken former queen tried her best to find stability and a place for her and the children to live when, alas, she came across a fine and noble knight who showed her kindness and mercy. This knight welcomed her into his home and helped to provide shelter and food for her and her children. This new found relationship was not one that was built upon the kind of fairy tale love she had once experienced, but one that was built upon insecurity and broken trust.

     As the young queen struggled to pick up the shattered pieces of her heart, she managed to put aside her own hearts desires and needs in order to care for her four children. She had only lived with this noble knight for a few short months before getting up enough strength and courage to move on and take care of her own life and children on her own. This noble knight had some relationship troubles of his own. He too was in between marriages and had been caring for his six children.

     One day, the former queen had enough strength to make it on her own. She said her goodbyes to this noble knight and his children and then set off on a long journey to return to her homeland, the providence of Ohio. She was convinced that it was for best to never see or speak to this knight again.

     It wasn't until after she had returned to her homeland of Ohio that the queen learned of another unfortunate event in her life. She was now with yet another child, the noble knights' child to be exact. She was faced with yet another difficult decision to make. Should this young, unwed mother of four children, give birth to this bastard child or should she discard this child's life or yet give the child to another more capable mother. Then there was the difficult decision of whether or not she should tell the noble knight of the unfortunate news of this unexpected child of theirs. Should she expect him to help with caring for this child or should she keep it a secret and raise the child on her own without his knowledge.

     The queen made the difficult decision of keeping this new child that was growing within her womb. She also decided not to inform the noble knight of this misfortune. She had what she thought were her noble reasons for keeping this child a secret from the knight; ones in which she will have to live with for the rest of her life. The queen was lost and heartbroken. She was too proud and stubborn to admit that she needed any assistance. She thought that she could make it on her own accord.

     After the queen made the difficult decision of keeping her child a secret from the noble knight she decided that she would need to search for another suitor to help her raise the new baby and the other four young children. Alas, she found an available suitor that she was comfortable with, a childhood best friend that was in love the beautiful queen. She married this poor man shortly after giving birth to the new little princess she named Danielle.