I've been to Disneyland, but I don't buy it
Okay, I went to Disneyland when I was on vacation, and I went to "Snow White: the musical" while I was at the theme park. I just don't buy it. As my pastor says, a woman singing "Someday my prince will come for me," is psychologically unhealthy. AND in the process, she is enabling these seven grown men (the dwarfs) . I mean, these grown men should be able to take care of themselves. Instead, she is cleaning up after them.Like my pastor says, she should be developing her own gifts, instead of just sitting and singing that song! She should be thinking "Why did God put me here on earth?" and working hard, with the limited amount of time she is given, to answer that question.
Furthermore, the "happily ever after," I'm not married, but I don't buy it. I know people who are married, and these people have problems. Disney should say, "They were happy on that day." I mean, they were happy that they found each other...
I don't know, I still hope that my prince comes for me, but I can't just wait, wait, wait...
posted by the princess @ 1/07/2005 09:44:00 PM
2 Comments:
I agree that sitting around and singing 'someday my prince will come' is, by itself, a slightly dangerous activity, leading to flaccidity and softness of the brain. Women should work on developing what they have and spend their time becoming as healthy as they can. After all, should the prince show up, they want to have something to give him--as much strength and skill as they possibly can. After all, the prince may have weaknesses and struggles too, and need someone to lean on now and then. If the woman has no strength, they'll both end up in a heap on the floor.
As to 'happily ever after,' it is unwise to expect what Kris and I dubbed 'a qualitative jump' in life after marriage. Life is hard, so there will be all kinds of slogging and battles and difficulties. In a good marriage, though, most of this should not be between the spouses. While it has not been 'happily ever after' for Kris and me, that's because it's a fallen world. We are still delighted to be married, and the companionship helps us deal with the arrows life slings.
A final thought: Fairy tales may be taken in such a way that they set one up for trouble in marriage. However, I think they speak to a deeper longing for a prince, a perfect prince who will rescue us from our lives of drudgery. I believe Jesus is this prince, and that he is ultimately the one who will answer all our longings. So on a merely human level, the fairy tale can be grossly misleading. But if read with an eye toward the divine, it can be a portent of things to come.
--Amy Ritter
Amy,
wonderfully said! Have you been working on the article you thought about writing "Life After Birth"? would love to read it.
I just read your Christmas letter. Sounds like Kris is extremely busy--4:45a.m. at the library--bless him! I also felt really touched by the "My trust is in the Lord," comment said by your grandmother.
Well, I would like to get together with you and Elena, once you all move back from Indiana. Maybe I could snag my 5-year-old niece, she's really extroverted, and she could occupy Elena for a while.
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