Little girls sure love to play “dress up”.
A full length mirror reflects her show of heels, beads, purses and gloves, all compliments of mommies closet. To catch a glimpse in every angle, hips sway from side to side as a private dance for one. Practiced lines to her mirrored audience carry to a mother secretly listening outside the actress’ door.
A Star is Born.
But a Princess She’s Always Been.
Little girls of every age love to play “dress up”. Though all grown up, that little girl stays behind for future productions of turnabouts, dances, proms and weddings, still addressing her mirrored audience for dress rehearsal. Fairy tales and its fanciful glitter must be sewn into the dress, as Cinderella comes to life upon her runway reveal.
A Star is Born.
But a Princess She’s Always Been.
As a mother you always want your daughter to believe how beautiful she is. These words are showered upon her newborn face and echo in the years that follow. “Dress up” continues in her fashion show of bonnets, bows and patent leather shoes for every occasion; with the photo shoot to remember it all.
“Isn’t she lovely!”
The sentiment of parents, grandparents and family alike.
Of course she is; more lovely than hearts convey.
Sometimes though, lovely is clouded in the mirror of Cinderella’s eyes, when lovely is defined by the dress or what fairy tales we believe or told should look like.
A Star Might be Born.
But A Princess She’s Always Been.
From the beginning she was fashioned “fearfully and wonderfully” in her mothers womb. Psalm 139:14. In the hands of her Creator, the Most High King, she was formed in “the image and likeness of God.” Genesis 1:27. She wasn’t born in a dress. She wasn’t conceived in a fairy tale. “All the days ordained for (her) were written in your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:16.
A Princess She’s Always Been.
That Princess Within
By Lori A Alicea
Don’t ever run from who you are,
Our Princess in Disguise.
More beautiful you see yourself,
When seen from Father’s eyes.
