My Fairy Tale

Having two daughters, there is no shortage of all things princess, I have spent more time singing songs from The little Mermaid, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and the list goes on. Don't we as little girls dream of our fairy tale? how someday we will meet prince charming and get married in a castle. In so many ways all of that happened to me, ok so my prince charming has a few tattoo's, and our trip to the alter was a long hard road, but there were plenty of songs that we sang along the way, we laughed, smiled and yes we cried, and no we didn't get married in a castle, but, we got married on the deck of my parents house looking over the lake, so we got a better deal there, isn't the dream still the same? sure I want happily ever after. I am still madly, crazy in love with the man I married, its been 11 years and I can't wait for the next 50.
The little Mermaid has a sequel, they have a daughter, and of course she is beautiful, and talented all the things that the daughter of a princess should be. What kind of movie would that be if the little girl was a tiny bit different? what if she had autism.........how does that story go? 
That is my story, when i dreamed of having kids with my husband, it never looked like what it does, I never dreamed my princess would scream at me and hit me, not want to give her daddy a kiss goodbye when he goes to work, never knew i couldn't kiss her boo boo's, because she didn't like the way a kiss on her skin felt, there would be no singing her to sleep, or singing to comfort her, in fact it seems to just plain make her mad, I love to sing, and it always was something that Grace loved, but not Pieper. So what now? how do those of us with the special princesses find the happy ending? I love my girls, and would and will do anything for them, right now I feel like we are in the fight of our lives, to help Pieper find her song, she is working so hard, to see her battle through all the things that she is being asked to do, I am inspired by that, how could a little girl be so very strong? I wonder sometimes if Pieper was given to us, so we could see what a true fighter looks like, a true princess. God please give me the strength to be strong and steadfast like my little princess, help me Lord to be more like her, because she is more like you than I am. God bless all those Mom's and Dad's, and all those special kids out there, lets rewrite Happily ever after.

Grace and Blessings to all