As a children's writer, I'm intimately acquainted with "happily ever after." This "forever" phrase reflects the dream of every girl on her wedding day, the promise of every husband, the assumption of every family, and the last line in many great fairy tales.Unhappily, the word "forever" is casually overused in love songs, in movies and TV shows where it means ... nothing. Like the phrase "I love you," it is casually vo [...]
