Friday, May 09, 2008

Kid Meets Hero!

Allie my grand daughter loves the fairy tale princess Cinderella. While on a trip to Florida last week, we spent a day at Disney World hoping for a few princess sightings so she could have the thrill of seeing her hero up close. The park actually had a meet & greet where kids could walk through a reception area and shake hands with Cinderella and many other of the classic characters. The lines were long and time spent with the characters was extremely brief. Allie and her mom walked in and for some reason, she was the only kid in the entire throne room. The very gracious girl who played Cinderella sat on the floor and invited Allie to sit on her lap. They talked and laughed together. Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Snow White also came into the room...Allie was now surrounded by her favorite story characters. What a significant little blessing this one on one interaction was for this amazing kid just about to turn three. As she left the throne room, she stopped and did a crazy little dance fueled by pure excitement.

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