Knights in Shining Armor

People say the knight in shining armor is too much of an expectation. They say he isn't real. They say that fairy tales don't come true.
I think they are wrong. Yes, some girls need to lower some expectations (both the knight and the prince are only humans) but others need to raise them quite a bit. I am a firm believer that there should be a day or an hour or even just fifteen minutes of "me" time in a person's life. Sometimes the lady of the house will only need one once a month (and I think she's a superhero) and other times (like me) you just have to walk into another room and shut the door for a couple of minutes to de-stress or gather your thoughts. If I had the money to go to a spa once a month and get a pedicure, I would do it in a heartbeat.
Honestly, all these people are looking at the picture the wrong way. It's like looking at the Mona Lisa and wondering why she was smiling. It doesn't matter why she was smiling, it matters that she was willing to let the world know how she was feeling.
The knights of today are the ones who put everyone else before themselves to keep civilians safe. This includes the police, the firefighters, and those who joined the military service. And it doesn't matter whether they are peeling potatoes, pushing paperwork, or fighting on the front lines. Though, I must admit, I am partial to the Grunts and the FMF Corpsman because I see them all the time.
These are the men and women who find out they are deploying and for months are scared out of their mind but are willing to push those fears back so their families can sleep happier. They are the ones who answer emergency calls never really knowing what to expect. They are the ones who are at major disasters first, even if they aren't in our own country. They are the ones willing to walk into fire just to pull out some one's dog. They are the ones who know they won't be able to go to reunions and see everyone they care about. They are the ones who come back only to find out some people not only don't care about what they did, but are protesting them around the United States.
It really annoys me when people say they don't like the police. They are just enforcing the law that should be followed even if police weren't around. It pushes my buttons when someone puts down a military service. Obviously, they don't know that they should be grateful in so many ways. It makes me downright angry when someone or some group decides that it's God's Will to protest funerals of the men and women who could not come home. There is no explanation for that.
The next time you try to think of a modern day knight, think of the people who join a service, any service. It doesn't matter whether they will deploy overseas or stay in their own neighborhood. It may even be the wife at home who lives in fear that her husband won't come home that day. Don't stop telling those fairy tales either, because they haven't died away yet.