A Girl and her Prince

It’s funny how some things in life are universal. Each culture, gender, religion, race…some things just work everywhere. Smiles. Weddings. Love. Laughter. Babies. Nature. Chocolate. Everyone loves those things. I think fairy tales are pretty universal, too. One dashing young hero + one maiden in distress + one incredible rescue = true love. Who doesn’t love a story like that? I realized the power of fairy tales about 5 years ago during my summer at an orphanage in Ghana, West Africa. Part of my time there was spent tutoring children who had fallen behind in school or were new to the orphanage and had never been in school before, like…