does the pink elephant have blue or purple wings?

i absolutely believe in happily ever after. but i think my happily ever after is a little different than how most people would describe happily ever after. for me, happily ever after isn’t the prince on the white horse riding off into the sunset; it’s not the house in the suburbs with white picket fences and the backyard that includes, but not limited to, the soccer goal, the two kids and a golden retriever; and it certainly isn’t roses and sunshine every day.

for me, happily ever after is being with someone who is your favorite part of your day – the someone who makes you a better person, and you do the same for them. it’s the someone who makes you laugh when all you want to do is cry. it’s the someone who asks you if the elephant has blue or purple wings when you say that you’re so tired that you see a pink elephant riding on top of the car in front of you. it’s the someone who makes you feel good about yourself and your accomplishments – the someone who thinks you’re adorable when you know you’re really just a mess. it’s the someone who opens your eyes to new worlds – the someone who makes you wish that time would stand still, but at the same time, being with that someone makes you look forward to the many years ahead…together. and it’s the someone who thinks they’re the luckiest person in the world because they get to be with the most amazing person in the world, and really you just think they’re confused because really, really, you know you’re undoubtedly the luckiest, because you know you get to be with the absolutely most amazing person in your world.

of course, i expect there will be difficult times – times when your someone lets you down, times when you let them down, times of flooding tears and bitter, sharp pains of hurt – and then there will be those days when you make each other exhaustively, unbearably angry. but no matter what it is, it will always be worthwhile to work through it…because without an ounce of doubt, you both could never imagine what your lives would be like without each other. and even more, if there is such thing as heaven on earth, it would only exist if your someone were standing there beside you.

that’s what my happily ever after is. hopefully not too unrealistic, perhaps slightly, but i think i’ll hold out for a few more years. do you think it exists?