The Queen has always been a Princess.
It was 10:30pm Friday night and I was in my office, leaning back in my plush leather chair, pounding away on my laptop. Elvin Bishop drifted from the Bose system, sitting on the credenza. I was in my zone. So when my phone vibrated (the chosen method for communication when family members choose separate corners and levels of the house) I was a little miffed, expecting a directive to take the dog out for his evening ritual.
It seems that the life of an author is not a 9 to 5 endeavor. If I’m not writing then I am tending to one of my websites or marketing my books. I need to make the best of every minute. Interruptions can put me behind the eight ball.
“Yeah.” Caller id alerted me as to the identity of the caller.
“The kids won!” My wife cut right to the chase.
“Won what?” I was totally oblivious!
“King and Queen.”
“Huh? King and Queen of what?” I don’t miss a thing…
“Prom Queen and King. They won!”
I was quite shocked hearing the news. My daughter and her young, gentleman, friend of two years, were crowned the Queen and King of their high school prom.It came as a total surprise.
My 'Little Princess' is beautiful. I don’t just say that because I’m her father. She is a very lovely girl. I knew that she was voted as one of seven girls to be on the Prom court, but she wasn’t concerned, and I really didn’t give it a lot of thought. She, in fact, spent a great amount of time this last week studying and taking the ACT test, rather than fussing over prom plans.
My daughter isn’t a pageant girl. She isn’t a ‘fashionista’ or a clotheshorse. She always looks nice but isn’t obsessed with fashion. She can make a pair of jeans, a blouse and tennis shoes, look like a million bucks.
What she is…is a scholar. Her GPA is 4.5 out of 4.0. That’s right, 4.5! She is taking college credit courses as a high school junior. She has a good head on her shoulders and is already making plans to get her master’s degree. She also plays an outstanding role on her school’s scholastic bowl team. Most importantly, though, she is comfortable in her skin.
Needless to say, I am proud and would take a thousand calls like the one I got Friday night. However, what makes me the proudest is the fact that my little girl is becoming a young woman who is well rounded and is as comfortable with her nose in a book and she is on the runway, with a tiara and sash.
It seems that the life of an author is not a 9 to 5 endeavor. If I’m not writing then I am tending to one of my websites or marketing my books. I need to make the best of every minute. Interruptions can put me behind the eight ball.
“Yeah.” Caller id alerted me as to the identity of the caller.
“The kids won!” My wife cut right to the chase.
“Won what?” I was totally oblivious!
“King and Queen.”
“Huh? King and Queen of what?” I don’t miss a thing…
“Prom Queen and King. They won!”
I was quite shocked hearing the news. My daughter and her young, gentleman, friend of two years, were crowned the Queen and King of their high school prom.It came as a total surprise.
My 'Little Princess' is beautiful. I don’t just say that because I’m her father. She is a very lovely girl. I knew that she was voted as one of seven girls to be on the Prom court, but she wasn’t concerned, and I really didn’t give it a lot of thought. She, in fact, spent a great amount of time this last week studying and taking the ACT test, rather than fussing over prom plans.
My daughter isn’t a pageant girl. She isn’t a ‘fashionista’ or a clotheshorse. She always looks nice but isn’t obsessed with fashion. She can make a pair of jeans, a blouse and tennis shoes, look like a million bucks.
What she is…is a scholar. Her GPA is 4.5 out of 4.0. That’s right, 4.5! She is taking college credit courses as a high school junior. She has a good head on her shoulders and is already making plans to get her master’s degree. She also plays an outstanding role on her school’s scholastic bowl team. Most importantly, though, she is comfortable in her skin.
Needless to say, I am proud and would take a thousand calls like the one I got Friday night. However, what makes me the proudest is the fact that my little girl is becoming a young woman who is well rounded and is as comfortable with her nose in a book and she is on the runway, with a tiara and sash.
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