A glimpse inside Grace's head

"Mommy, I really want to have some friends from my school over. They don't believe I live in a palace."

"Well, that sounds great, I'll just have to get their phone num.....what do you mean, they don't believe you live in a palace? You don't live in a palace."

"Well, I mean, it looks like a palace, but they don't believe me."

"What about our house makes it look like a palace?"

"You know, the things on the outside and the pond. It looks like the thingie the handsome prince has to ride over with alligators in it."

"Well, Grace, do you think a handsome prince is going to ride his horse past our water feature and up our front porch to rescue you from your life of misery?"

"No, Daddy would shoot him."