Happily Ever After

"And then... "

"They lived happily ever after?

"No... then they realized their life was only just beginning."

And they lived happily ever after.  It’s a phrase that occurs at the end of many a fairy tale.  But is that truly the end?  I don’t think so.  There must be more to the story than that.  They find each other, realize that they were in love, and we are to think that is truly the end?  I don’t believe so. 

I got to thinking more about this phrase after reading this talk given by President Uchtdorf and after watching my favorite movie Tangled.

The “fairy tale” only tells half the story… what about when they have to pick up the pieces of their lives after that final battle of good versus evil?   We still need to recover.  We still need to move on in life. “Happily ever afters” are very real, but they just don’t mark the end of the story. 

 

I have this idea of a series that goes beyond that phrase.  The story beyond the story if you will.  And it all started with three simple words: “Happily Ever After.”