many stories of fairies and their world. I never forgot those stories and when I began having children of my own, I began to tell the same stories. One morning the children came running in from the garden with a note they had found hanging from a rose bush branch. This is what the note said.......... Of course, I thought it was a joke! The children were always telling me how they had spotted a fairy in the garden or how they the food they had left out for them the night before was always missing in the morning...things like that. Now don't misunderstand, I loved fairies or the idea of them, but I didn't think they were actually real! I tried to come up with an explanation. After all, the letter looked real! The envelope was very tiny, the paper seemed very old and the ink looked like gold! At the insistence of my children, I returned correspondence with Claresa. The children took the note and hung it back on the rose bush in exactly the same place and we waited. Or should I say they waited, I think I started the dishes and forgot all about it until.. The next morning, the children came running in breathless. They dragged me to the rose bush in the garden and there was another note and a Fairy Treasure Stone! The rest is history, Claresa still lives at the bottom of my garden. I have never personally seen her, being a grown up and all, but the children have. They helped her get settled into her beautiful fairy house they built for her under the lilac tree at the bottom of our garden (the rose really couldn't hold all of her Birthday Fairy gear comfortably). I continue to help Claresa when she needs it, things like this website, packaging and putting bells on all the cats in the neighborhood (we both sleep better at night)! Claresa has the highest standards because she believes they are an extension of her and a representation the fairy world. Remember, it takes only a fairy of superior commitment to become a Birthday Fairy. Children play with the fairy gifts and the magic lasts in their imaginations long after! Thank you for reading....I've tried to explain the depth of my love and commitment to Claresa the Fairy, I hope I came close! Best Wishes, Clare Grindy Claresa the Fairy Oh, one more thing, do you remember the promise that Claresa made to me in her first letter for help? Well, my life is more magical than I ever could have imagined! Isn't that lovely? |
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