Anachronistic....

Definition: A person or thing that seems to belong to another time. This was actually a SAT practice word for my students last week and when looking for an example of an anachronistic event the first thing that came to mind was the upcoming wedding of William and Kate.

It is the dream of every American girl...to meet and marry her prince, her knight in shining armour. Katherine Middleton is/was a commoner. She has no royal blood. Her parents worked hard, sent her to a private school and there she meet her prince. She did not live with a wicked stepmother. She did not run out of the ball at midnight, loose her glass slipper, and ride home in a coach that had turned into a pumpkin but she is marrying a prince and I cannot wait to watch. It is a modern day fairy tale.

Great Britain is pulling out all of the stops for this event...all the way to vacuuming the cobblestone street in front of Westminster Abbey. Kate will arrive in a royal coach as thousands of onlookers line the route and she will march down that long aisle to marry William and the world will watch. The wedding will unfold as royal weddings have for over a thousand year. It is tradition and a part of the way things happen in the monarchy.

Though there is much criticism over the amount of money spent on an event like this at a time of ridiculous gas prices, tsunamis, earthquakes, devastating tornadoes, wars in so many areas, and general world unrest..I am looking forward to getting up at 4 A.M. to catch a glimpse of something that seems to belong in another period of time...an anacronistic event...that will be a day that little girls remember. It is the day an ordinary girl will marry a prince.