PRINCESS: redefining the word

Here is Eva with her princess dress that she got for Christmas. She put in on right after this photo was taken and didn't take it off all Christmas Day.

What is it about little girls and princesses? Before I was a mom to a little girl I thought being a princess was dispicable. It came with the conotation of being spoiled and bratty and entitled. Also a lot of pink, which I am also had to come to terms with after having a daughter.

Because of my former thoughts on being a princess, I obviously did not IN ANY WAY encourage Eva so assosicate or play with anything princess at all. But some how she loves princesses, and being a princess and talking about marrying her prince Gavin ( which happens to be her cousin, which is only funny because she is three)

I am beginning to think that little girls and just born with this princess tendancy and when the slightest suggestion of anything of the sort is presented they latch on, and don't give up until somewhere along the way they are socialized in a different direction.

But a friend of mine, who shares my disdain for the title, pointed out to me that not all princesses are created equal. Some really are spoiled and entitled, like Little Mermaid. Disobeys her dad, and runs away for some guy and in the end that was somehow the right choice. Not so much the role model I want to send out to eva. Mulan or Belle on the other hand, might be ok. They stand up for what they believe in, make sacrifices for their familes and country. They are tough princesses who have moral fiber. These are some chicas I can get on board with.

And then there is my Eva. She really is a princess when you think about it. She is so pure and so innocent, and of course beautiful. She is needs to know that she is special and chosen. Because she is. We all are. We are all God's Children.

But I say lets teach little girls what it really means to be a princess. Responsible to others, Service giving, Moral and Honest, and ultimately in training to be Queens. Perhaps Eva will not lead a nation, but she will, most likely lead a family. And the longer I am married I am learing just how much leadership the Queen really needs to have.