A little girl about 4 years old came into the bank the other day with her mother. On her head she wore a silver tinted plastic crown with large colorful jewels. I leaned over the counter, looked into her dancing eyes and asked "Are you a princess?" Immediately an ear-to-ear smile broke out across her face and she said "Yes" and did a little twirl. I couldn't help but smile back at her. She is so young and innocent and playing the role that we all wish to play.
When I was young I loved to play dress up. Sometimes I was Mary Poppins or Marie from the "Sound of Music". And some days I wanted to be tough like a boy and I would play the role of a game warden or police officer. But my favorite dress up days were the days that my mom would let me put on her wedding dress and I would walk up and down the upstairs hallway pretending that I was getting married. For a few moments I felt "like a princess".
If you read my blogs on any kind of a consistent basis, you'll notice that I talk about this kind of thing quite a bit. But there's a reason. I think that too many girls these days have forgotten what it was like to want to be the princess. Listen to the words from one of Taylor Swifts most recent songs:
"I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale, I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell.... and it's too late for you and your white horse to come around".
We've been hurt and often at a young age. And the idea of "Prince Charming" has long since been forgotten. And every once in a while, we need to be reminded of the dreams we once had.
For me, it's the little four-year-old face that I can't forget smiling up and me and twirling with her crown on.
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