Disney on Ice: A little girl's dream come true

As a child, I remember staying up nights dreaming of having a little Tinkerbell of my own. I would dream that she would be my special friend and grant me wishes. My constant wish was to have a family of my very own. Someone to love me and care for me. I also wished for silly things like having my skin a different color and baby blue eyes. In my child mind, I believed that if maybe I was a different color that my parents would have loved me and kept me. My own Tinkerbell would make all these wishes true and with them I would be happily ever after. As you already know, there are no real Tinkerbells and life sometimes hands you lemons and you have to make the best out of them, some of us dwell in their tartiness while others decide to make a yummy lemonade and yet others go farther and decide to make lemon pie. I would have to say that I made lemon pie out of my lemons. I don't have a Tinkerbell but I have the chance to be someone else's Tinkerbell, my childrens.

What can I say about them that you probably already don't know. They are great kiddos, energetic, bouncy, mouthy, sometimes they are pests, but they are my pests! I love them!! I am their Tinkerbell. They tell me their dreams, their wishes, their fears and I help them along. I don't have a magic wand but I have magic kisses that make their hurts go away. My power is little hugs and reasurances that I will be there for them when they need me the most.

This last week, we had a special day, Disney on Ice was on tour here in Utah and like (most) little girls on this planet, my little Benny wanted to go. She saw the first commercial about it about three months ago  and I saw her little brown eyes lit up every single time the commercial came on tv. She would dance and sing along with the princesses and when the commercial was over, she would sigh and say that her dream was to go to this event. In her innocent and lovely mind, she believes that the world is full of love and every girl out there is a princess. As adults we know the reality of this world (and how it is going to pot!) but I want her to believe that the world is love, that every little girl out there is someone's little princess. She is my little princess and maybe if I am there for her she won't need to dream of her very own Tinkerbell like I had to.

The show was fantastic! The skater's talent was superb and both Hubby and I enjoyed being able to witness this talent. The children had a ball! Even little Wonderboy, his favorite part was the one where Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty fought the dragon. A super cool dragon that breathed fire--terribly awesome! Little Benny kept waiting for Cinderally to come to the stage and as you may imagine she was the very last one. Cinderalla's presentation was magical: she arrived in her magical pumpkin coach and dance away with the Prince. Little Benny's eyes were lit up all through out the event. She clapped, giggled and jumped along every scene. Every time they would say "your dreams come true" she would look at me and smile and say, my dream came true. It made me want to cry. She is so innocent and lovely. She felt so honored to have seen the princesses in person and I felt so great to have been able to give her that little magic. We are only little once, I hope that I am doing my best to provide them with a loving, caring, and fun childhood where they feel secured and loved.

A few pictures from the show: they were taken with the little point and shoot camera as Disney has a policy that cameras with detachable lenses cannot be used during the show. The policy kind of sucks but we got to follow rules...darn it!

Comments

[martha]

Sis and I took dd and niece to see Disney on Ice alittle over a year ago. It was a great time for all 4 of us.

[alwen]

She's a lucky girl with a great mom & dad. (sniff) You're making me cry here!

[Denise]

My college room mate won two tickets to Disney on Ice so we went!! It was fun!!!
Azia wants to go to Stars on Ice out here.. WE might go dunno yet!
WE will at least go the the ice show at the club where she takes lessons!
You're little princess is a cutie!

[Robin McCoy]

That is awesome that you got to go! They were here in Tupelo, MS last fall but at the time we were really busy and really broke so we couldn't take Lady Tru. She loves all the Princesses though! Her favorite is the Sleeping Beauty, Princess Aurora. Maybe they will swing by again and we can take her. :D It looked like so much fun!!!!

[Jeannie]

You got me all misty eyed here. Your childhood feeling and thoughts about changing your looks makes me so sad. Every child should feel perfect the way they are.

The way you get to be "Tinkerbell" for your kids makes me happy. How adorable is that little girl and boy. Keep making their dreams a reality. Looks like you made some pretty yummy "lemon pie" to me!

Huggz!

[Christie]

How cute is she?

[Laura]

Awww, what a great story! I love ice skating shows! My sister and I (we used to drag my husband along too, LOL!) used to go the Champions on Ice show every year, until the tickets got up to $65 for the non-nosebleed seats.

My daughter, Bethany (she's 10) is a little lighter than you in color (she's biracial) and has black, very curly hair and brown eyes, but she often wishes her hair was straight. I tell her all the time that her hair is beautiful (it really is) and hopefully it's sinking in. One of her cousins has pretty, straight red hair, and my daughter was happy when she found out that her cousin (she's 11) told her mom (my sister) that she wants her hair curly, and her mom curled it with a curling iron, and she said it wasn't curly enough, that she wants curls like Bethany's.

[Jenny]

That was a beautiful post. Tinkerbell has always been my favorite. I used to wish I could be Tinkerbell. Or Ariel. A fairy or a mermaid - how fun would that be? Or maybe a pretty Purling Sprite with loomy magic :)

[Stacey]

And you didn't invite me??!?!

[Jeannette Pirkle]

That looked like so much fun. You make a great Tinkerbell mom to your children.We used to go to the big circus with my parents as children. Before my dad died he took my boys to a circus also and an elephant went wild and almost stomped them. They were very small but do remember it a bit since the elephant crashed the bleachers where they were sitting. Luckily everyone jumped up real fast and moved back quickly and no one was injured. Disney on ice is so much fun to watch. We saw Sesame Street on ice when all three boys were little. They even sat still through it which was awesome.

[MARIA]

Isela,

That was so beautiful. Both your kids are getting to grow so fast, look at Bryan, he is young boy and so handsome. And Benny, she is a princess herself and you are her queen mother. You and Sam are doing such a great job parenting these great kids!!!

Hugs.

Maria

[Victoria]

Wonderful!! I took my Girlscouts to see it last year, and my family went in previous years, and they love it each time.

They do a Great Job.

You and your Husband are great parents and your children will thank you for it.

Victoria