On Being a Princess

How many little girls dream of being a princess?  I can remember wishing I could be one.  They lived in fancy castles, with elaborate clothes and no worries.  They had all the things they wanted, and nothing that they didn’t want.  

We took our 6 yr old to see Disney On Ice: Princess Classics.  It was a wonderful show.  Disney has it down to a science.  All of the vendors were outifitted in Disney garb, with Disney smiles.  The merchandise was all Disney too, including the prices.  For our girl, it was like stepping out of reality and into Fairyland, where everyone was part of the Palace including her. 

And it didn’t end there.  The costumes were amazing; the colors, the styles, all straight out of the fairytales. And the show was simply spotless.  Not a single missed step, slip or wobbly spin.  The skaters were world class, although this clearly was not an olympic event; none of the spectacular jumps and spins that you would expect to see in competition.  These were princesses, and their respective princes.  There were evil stepmothers and even more evil queens of the underworld.  Poision apples, deadly pin pricks and selling your ’soul’ to win your love.  And then there were the magical kisses to waken the ’sleeping’ princesses.  The Prince Charming of each and every story came to the rescue and provided a sweet and perfect happily ever after.

Sometimes that fairytale ending does happen.  Sometimes, the little princess in each of us wakes up to find that she is in her palace, with her prince charming, and is living the happily ever after promised in those stories. 

How wonderful life is as a Princess.  Now that I know that I am one, I can see clearly my Prince, my palace, and all my wishes that have come true!

Wishing Me a Merry Little Christmas

So what’s all the fuss?   Birthdays, Christmas, decorations, snow, ice, cooking, working, homework, church, music, cleaning, laundry, needy pets, needy family…….am I missing anything?  I must be…I’m pulled in so many directions these days I can’t keep my day’s straight!

Truth be told, I have been waiting a long time for this chaos.  I’m really not complaining, seriously!  I have been longing for the day when I could have my own kids, in my own house, with my own cooking on Christmas day and here it is.  Am I prepared?  Heck No! 

A couple of weeks ago, the women of my church got together and had a Christmas brunch.  The teaching was on Mary.  I have thought alot about that since then.  She was so young; I’m not.  She was having her own baby; I have not.  She had to travel with her husband; …..ok, usually we do that.  She was scared; me too.  She had no idea what to expect; me either.  She trusted God; (working on that one).  What will it take for me to totally trust Him?  What rock needs to knock me in the head before I realize that He really is in complete control?  How can I even begin to compare myself with her?  Because, like me, she was human.  She had faults….don’t know what they were but I’m sure she did. 

I have alot to do this week.  I’m feeling the stress of it.  But I’m going to try really hard to let God help me with all that I think I have to do.  I just read someone elses blog that included a letter from Jesus listing out exactly what He would like for His birthday.  It reminded me that it’s not about me, or the gifts I give.  It’s about the gift He gave me.  I need to find a way to thank Him, again, for the gifts of life, husband, daughter, pets, friends, church, music, job, home……..the list goes on and on.

Lord, I praise you today.

Lord, I give myself to you today.

Lord I ask you to help me today.