A Child of Royal Birth

Since I was a little girl, I have thought of myself as a princess.

I usually felt that my clothes were not quite right, but I often embellished them in my mind.

There is a poem that I loved, called "I am a Child of Royal Birth"

My favorite hymn was "Rejoice the Lord is King".

My favorite stories were all Princess tales. When I first read "A Little Princess" by Francis Hodgeson Burnett, I couldn't put it down. I loved Sarah, who decided to be a princess inside her heart even when her surroundings were harsh and cruel and miserable.

I vowed that I would be a princess in my heart; and later, when I had difficult times, I remembered. I would think of Sarah, and say my poem and sing my song, and remember that I am truly a princess.

A Child of Royal Birth 

by Anna Johnson

I am a child of royal birth; 

My Father is king of heaven and earth.

I was born in the royal courts on high. 

A child beloved, a princess am I.