Fairy tales are for children, right?

They’re fantastic yarns about things that could never and would never happen, stories that start out scary but then leave us drifting off to sleep feeling peaceful and happy.

Why can’t adults have fairy tales?

Only our fairy tales wouldn’t be about dragons. Or gingerbread castles. Or long-haired young women with exceptionally strong roots.

Our fairy tales would be about the kinds of things that are important to us.

Things like music.

Friendship.

And the people we love.