Princess Clara By: Benjamin

Some weeks ago, just before our final “good nights” I said to Emma Claire, “You can’t grow up, you have to stay Daddy’s little girl.” Her response was not what I expected. I anticipated some version of “I can’t wait to grow up…”, but her demeanor was quite different. As if her destiny hung in the balance, her eyes teared up and lip pooched out, “But I have to grow up and be princess Clara (a character from one of her Barbie movies)…and you have to be the prince.” I’m ok with her thinking of me as her prince. I recall a sign for a little girl’s room that read “I’ve found my prince, his name is Daddy.” I’ll have to get her one of those signs.