Unknown Bravery
Looking at her you see long, "golden" hair blowing in the wind, bright eyes filled with emotion, curiosity about the world around her as the word "why" comes out of her mouth about 20 times a minute, cutest smile that begs you to smile along and when you put it all together one dainty sugary princess.
What you can't see when you look at her, is her bravery. Bravery defined by hugging her one and only puppy goodbye as he welped for her not to go, the moments spent hugging everyone she loved goodbye with undefined strength, and with courage set foot day after day into a room filled with no one who spoke her language. Brave girls walk home through tear gas from preschool saying "well that was really smelly stuff" or walk past a pack of barking street dogs and state "well you know, I bet they love the sunshine today."
Hidden under the bows, and the tutus is a heart filled with bravery which has been formed through moments which required strength, tenacity and above all bravery.
Bravery for a princess is not found in what she wears, or the sword she carries, no bravery for our princess is how she survives the moments when her heart is tried. Cheers to all those brave princesses taking on their worlds.
