Life has a way of surprising us. Sometimes these surprises are the things of fairy tales. Sometimes these surprises are still the the things of fairy tales, but the parts of the fairy tales that we deem tragic or unfair. When we talk of Cinderella's happily ever after we tend to not think about all the turmoil she had to go through to get her fairy tale ending. And maybe her tale was mixed with joy and sorrow before the tale declared "... and she lived happily ever after." Right now I am finding that I am living an unlikely fairy tale. I am the fair maiden of my own fairy tale in which I have already had several adventures in life. I have gone to college twice -- once to get my bachelors in communication and then to get my masters in professional communication. While there, I met amazing friends, learned to have fun, work hard and to love life. Along the way I found love, lost it, learned how to cry and then how to mend a broken heart. I have had my share of broken bones, surgeries and assorted maladies. Sometimes life is just plain hard and it is hard to see the magic in our tales, but I believe that if you look for it you will find it.

So I welcome you to my blog. This is a place for me to record my tale -- all the joy, tears, success, failures that make up my unlikely fairy tale. My name is Julia and this is my tale.