A Princess Is What We Wish to Be

As you may or may not have noticed, I am a girl. Talk about stating the obvious right? Well, as I girl my mom, aunts, cousins, grandma, etc. all have raised me to be a princess. Which is why on the night that I will share with you, that I was completely baffled. There were four girls in college that sat around for an entire day and watched multiple versions of Cinderella.

Hey, don't look like that! The experience was grand and that is the precise reason why I am going to share it with you today. It was after an immense amount of homework that my roommates and I decided that we needed a break. Thus the beginning of our fairytale.

CG Hughes

The first version of Cinderella that we watched was the animated version that was broadcasted on disney channel. Of course us, being so childish and dorky, immediately rushed to watch the version with Brandy because it was a musical. 

We all began to explain our love hate relationship with the sisters, and analyzing the way that they treated Cinderella. We all came to the conclusion that the reason that Cinderella was forced to endure such maltreatment was because they were completely and utterly jealous of her. Why? Well it was apparent to us that the mother instilled hate into their veins because of her jealousy in regards to the relationship of the father and his deceased wife. 

But that hardly stopped me from singing the sisters musical numbers, " Oh why would a fella want a girl like her? A girl whose really lovely! Why can't a fella ever once prefer a girl whose merely me?!" These are the lyrics from one of the numbers that displayed exactly how insecure that these young ladies, the sisters, were of themselves. 

I believe that the the reason I love that specific number so much is because it something that I can personally relate to. Maybe not in the sense that a guy may not like a girl like me. But more so in regards to not understanding why certain opportunities cannot happened for people like me. When I work so hard, only to be refused my opportunity because someone that has access to more resources places the hard worker to the bottom of the list... But let me rant NOT! Because for every missed opportunity I found myself in a better and new situation which is why I sort of can relate to Cinderella as well. I say sort of, because for the life of me I do not see why she hadn't kicked those rude step-sisters and step-mother to the curb once she was of age to defend herself. 

However, Cinderella's story relates back to the way that I can relate to the step-sisters. No one wants to constantly feel like a second class citizen. After watching the movie and placing myself directly into the movie I pulled myself back to the reality that I am able to live. I turned around and saw three new sisters that treated me as there equal. 

The movie may have been a fairytale, but it was something that I personally related back to in reality. I was an only child becoming to Penn State, and everyone that I knew that had to live in a house full of women found themselves constantly bickering and arguing. Thus scaring me for the life that I was destined to live in room 119 Brumbaugh Hall. 

However, it turned out to be a grand and lavish experience that I willingly offered to do it again next year. Same girls. Just a different room with a different hall. I changed my entire demeanor on living with others based on my experiences here at Penn State. I mean seriously, would you turn down the chance to surround yourself with royalty like yourself? I think not

* Take what life throws at you with a grain of salt. You never know what may be in store for you. As the fairy god mother stated."It's possible for a plain country pumpkin to become a royal carriage. It's possible for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage.... impossible is possible." It's always possible.