“I don’t want to be a princess any more!” a grumpy little girl said to me the other day. “I – don’t – want – to – Be – a – PRINCEEEESSSS!!!”

“But princesses are beautiful,” I told her, “and everybody loves them.”

She considered this for a moment, and then said “Daddy..?”

“Yes ?” I said.

“Will you still love me, even if I’m not a princess?”

And I said…