Did you grow up wanting to sit at a desk all day?

My husband left for work this morning with a tape measure hooked onto his belt.  He doesn't usually wear these things on weekdays (or maybe he does and I have never noticed being busy trying to get to work on time), just on weekends.  I immediately thought:

Why do men grow up & get a chance at their dream job, the job they pretended to do when they were little kids (fireman, sniper, police officer, professional athlete, etc...) but women don't?  We don't get to grow up and be princesses or queens or actresses (not too many, anyway).  Or Snow White.  I once saw a TLC wedding story & the chick was Snow White at Disney. 

How fun would that be!

So my lingering question is this:

Why do some people get to grow up & be the personas that they spend their youth idolizing and pretending-fighter pilots, firemen and women, police officers and the rest of us dreamers get to grow up and NOT be Snow White, Cinderella, any random princess or queen....?

Tears

They come quickly usually but, rarely and more frequently, not at all

Coming into contact with stories of love, loss, joy, despair, sacrifice and hope

Touching my heart now almost as much as they did originally.