This started out as an idea for yet another story about just how much I adore my beautiful wife and amazing kids... And I guess our two cats as well... I have been a bit lax lately in the romance department and both my wife and I realised together that we have not been on a proper date for at least six months (not including our Wedding Anniversary in June - Thanks Ben and Maria!!!) Wednesday used to be our date night when we would try and make the night special, go out for tea or feed bath and bed the kids early so we could have a meal together at home... This is bad people!! Bad... BAd... REALLY BAD!!! It has been too much focus on work and not nearly enough focus on home. So I thought up this story idea that was supposed to be a message of love but quickly turned into a self reflection... Sorry darling... I'll try harder with the romancing... Feels good though to get this off my chest...
A Lucky Prince
Once upon a time a young prince lay in bed beside his beautiful and amazing princess, listening to the soft, sweet sounds of her slumber. He smiled as his whole world whirled around in his head. His smile was one of thankfulness for the prince knew that his princess had her own stresses and worries that would normally disturb her slumber or prevent her from falling deeply asleep and remaining that way for all night long. The rhythmic breathing of the girl beside him eventually lulled the young prince into sleep and as the worries of his world spun about in his thoughts the prince began to dream...
Two black knights danced amongst the weeds of the prince's castle home, Sir Freddy the larger and older of the pair hunted butterflies with surprising bursts of speed. The younger of the dark furred pair, sleek and slinky Sir Maximus was seeking to capture a bird or two without success. With a stern word the prince attempted to put an end to Max's hunt, but the knight would not heed his prince's demands and so continued to crouch amoungst the weeds using them for cover, attempting unsuccessfully to hide from his prey.
The prince watched his three young angels bounce about and play upon the trampoline their imaginations as much flexing and growing as their physical muscles as they bounded about each other. These three were the prince's pride and joy and one of his greatest worries was how fast they were growing up, not just in height but in worldly experiences. The prince wanted to give them everything, support their crazy hopes and dreams and to be able to provide for them with what ever they needed, both then and now and into the future. You can only give what you can afford to give away though and not everyone is born with a spoon of silver and an abundance that is always there ready to be given away. The prince thought of how small his castle was becoming and how the past attempts at moving on to somewhere bigger and better had so far not gone to plan...
The dream changed and the two knights and three angels were gone. In their place was a beautiful beach of white sand and clear crystal coloured waves lapping gently upon the shore. Turning away from the shore and the rhythmic, peaceful sounds of the sea the young prince was delighted to spy the love of his life resting upon a hammock in the shade of two palm trees. A glass of bubbles was in her hand and a book was on her lap. The princess motioned towards her prince to come and join her, offering him a glass of his own and a space upon the hammock where he might join her. The prince wondered how was this possible? Such a perfect escape, time away from the craziness that was their world, time to reconnect with this person who was his rock, his love, his kindred spirit... As he ran from the beach towards the hammock, this scene of fun, romance, the perfect escape the prince felt the sea drawing him backwards. Grey clouds of doubt filled the sky that had only moments ago been clear, blue, a tropical paradise... All the while though the princess urged her prince forward with affirmations of 'I know you can do it!' and 'Just a few steps more!!' As the prince heard the words 'I believe in you!!' he looked over his shoulder and saw the worries of his world rearing up like a great wave and crashing upon the shore, but he had freed himself of the stresses of that worry and now could see it as just the hurdles of life... Turning back the young prince discovered that the palms, the hammock, the drinks were all gone. What remained though was his amazing princess. He fell into her open arms, squeezed her tightly and kissed her passionately, sweetly, with an embrace of pure and utter love. "Darling girl you are my whole world!" the prince announced and he knew the words he spoke were true. With this girl in his life and everything else that had come after, he was indeed a lucky prince...
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