If you would be kind enough
to indulge me I’d like to explain the title of my blog. I’ll start by telling
you a little about me. I’m a middle aged woman with a husband, two married
children and four beautiful grandchildren. By-the-way, since I’m middle aged, I
should note that I plan on living until I’m at least 120. Hey, it could happen!The genesis of my title comes from my incredible children, especially my daughter. She was very quick to point out all of the injustices in her life. Another way to say it: every time she didn’t get her way she would whine, “That’s not fair!” After hearing this about a million times, I finally looked at her and said, “Fair is for fairy tales, this is real life get over it.” Although she was often treated like a Princess, I felt it was my job to alert her to the realities of life before it was too late. Needless to say she did not appreciate my life lessons and would give me ‘The Look’ and stomp off to her room.
After playing this game for
awhile as she would start to say her line, I would reply with mine and by the
time I got to Fair is… she would have already given my ‘The Look’ and stomped
off to her personal palace.
Now let’s fast forward 30
years and she is married and has two amazing children, one is a daughter… (Pause
for laughter)… I now sit back and watch and listen and before long I hear my
granddaughter proclaim something in her life is ‘not fair’. Trying desperately not to laugh, I look at my
daughter, who gives me ‘The Look’. She then says something to her daughter, and
might I add that I believe my daughter would bite her tongue off before
repeating my mantra. At this point my granddaughter gives my daughter ‘The
Look’ and stomps off to her own personal palace. Once my granddaughter is out of the room, I
snicker and look at my daughter and remind her that ‘The Look’ doesn’t work on
me, never did, never will. After all she did inherit it from me! Ah, aren’t
family traditions great.
Now that you understand my
philosophy I will point out some of the things in life that may not be fair but
as you already know, fair is for fairy tales.
