Doesn’t every little girl want to be a princess at some point? My daughter was speechless when she watched her cousin, Emily, model her “princess” prom dress.
She pranced around Emily, while saying, “You’re a princess. You’re a princess.” Most likely, Riley was thinking, how can I be a princess too? I do have to say, Emily looked beautiful in her prom dress.
Riley’s brain must have been processing how she could be a princess ever since. On Monday, she dug her Cinderella dress out so she could be a princess. While digging her Cinderella dress out, she spied my wedding picture.
“Mama, you are a princess. Where is your princess dress?”
“Yes, I was a princess for a day too. Just like Emily.”
“Where is it Mama? Where is your princess dress?” she eagerly questioned.
The rational side of my brain said, “Don’t unearth your wedding dress from the depths of the closet. There are dishes to wash, clothes to fold and carpets to vacuum.” However, the Mama side of my brain said, “Go for it!”
That is just what we did, we went for it. Into the closet we went, searching for the infamous princess dress. We quickly unzipped the white, dress bag and Riley begged me to put it on.
As I stepped into the dress, I heard the rumble, rumble, click, pop, pop of the garage door opening. Dean was arriving home from work.
“Mama, Daddy is home. Let’s show him your princess dress.” We quickly made our way down the stairs. I moved a bit slower since the dress was a little snugger than I remember.
We rounded the corner, saw Dean browsing the mail and asked, “How was your day?”
There is nothing unusual about arriving home from work to find your wife in her wedding gown. Okay, maybe it is a bit unusual; but you only live once. Will Dean laugh? Will he smile? Will the vision of me in my wedding dress bring back all the memories from our “royal” wedding almost eleven years ago?
“Pretty good!” Dean turned around and a radiant smile stretched across his face, as well as a bit of shock to find his wife in a wedding dress. So many memories of our magical day came rushing to the forefront of his mind.
“Mama is a princess!”
The search for the perfect princess dress for Riley continues. For now, she is content knowing she is Mama and Daddy’s little princess.
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