As a child, my parents let me watch fairy tales. I've seen all the classics; Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and so many more. Even as a young girl, I knew the importance of finding my soulmate. I knew he needed to treat me the right way, needed to only have eyes for me, and my prince needed to love me just as much as I loved him. Little did I know, I never needed those movies because I had the perfect role relationship right in front of my eyes. It was my parents.

I never knew how different my parents' relationship was until I started dating myself. I was so used to my dad showing my mom constant affection, helping her do her chores after he'd finished his, never complaining about the work my mom had done and always being supportive of her actions. So once I started dating and these boys weren't giving me the treatment I thought I deserved, I became discouraged and didn't know what I was doing wrong.

Everyday I saw my parents be not only husband and wife, but be best friends, partners, each other's therapists, and each other's biggest fans. I saw my dad never leave for work without telling my mom he loved her, and I never saw my mom let my dad leave without a goodbye kiss and promises to see him when they both returned from work. I saw my mom now the lawn, and I saw my dad do laundry. Nothing was one person's only job. Both my parents took on everything and split work evenly. Both of them leaned on each other for support, and my mom and dad love each other just as much as the other.

Even after 27 years of marriage, my dad still sends my mom love notes when he's away traveling from work, my mom still giggles like a teenager when she reads them. Thier life together has always been filled with love, and will always remain the same.

I hope one day, I'm lucky enough to find a love just like my parents. They are soulmates, and one of the greatest examples of what it is like to live your own fairytale of finding your one perfect soulmate.