Cinderella The Saga of A Daddyless Daughter Part 1

As little girls growing up, we were constantly flooded with the images of fairy tales.  Truthfully speaking, all of us at one time wanted a life like that of Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty (maybe not the whole seven dwarfs thing- but you get the picture).  Well, I’m now going to proclaim that in my humble opinion I think the fairytale of Cinderella is loosely based on the saga of the Daddyless Daughter.  Think about this for a minute and let me explain.  In the beginning of the fairytale of Cinderella, depending on which version you read, Cinderella’s father left the home for work and was away for a long time.  He was gone so long that even at the end of the fairytale he still hadn’t returned.  There are even some versions of the fairytale where her father had actually passed away.  There are 4 ways that a girl can become a daddyless daughter; either by death, abandonment, divorce, or by having a father that is physically present but emotionally absent.  Getting into the more familiar part of the fairytale, we all know she lived in the home with her stepmother and two evil stepsisters.  By using the word evil- I mean that the sisters were evil based on how they were jealous of Cinderella they had become and based on how much they mistreated her.  They were also physically unattractive.  In the fairytale she hung out with animals such as birds and mice, all of the animals placed no judgment on Cinderella and in essence they could cause her no harm.   Cinderella seemed to always feel alone and I sense that she may have felt that an important part of her was missing.  The feelings of being incomplete and empty are two feelings that many daddyless daughters can relate to.  Can you imagine how low your self-confidence and self-esteem have to be in order for the only other living things that you feel you are comfortable with are the mice and birds in your home?  In most homes that would mean that people are trying to get rid of the only things you seem to care about.  That’s got to be a depressing way to live........