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Fairy Dust

Madeline gave a whole new meaning to the term “fairy dust” when she recently told me this:

“I have a feeling that fairies are real. You know when you see that stuff floating in the air by a window? You might think it’s dust, but it’s really fairies flying around.”

Only a child would find magic in dust.

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· June 22, 2010 · · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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  1. ViolinMama says

    June 22, 2010 at 12:57 am

    Madeline and I must be related, because I tell myself the same thing when I see the fairy dust too – haha!! It's that sounds so much better that way…hehe!

  2. SAHMinIL says

    June 22, 2010 at 1:31 am

    That's cute!

  3. Maggie says

    June 22, 2010 at 1:54 am

    Yes…. that's why I haven't gotten around to dusting… I can't disturb the fairy dust!

    I love this post… I wish grown-ups had the same innocense and imagination as children. Would the world be a better place?

  4. Kris says

    June 22, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    Give her a dust rag and tell her to go around the house "collecting" all the fairy dust. Then, let her shake it outside to let all the fairies go.

  5. Tina Fisher says

    June 22, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    Very cute indeed!

  6. Kate Wicker @ Momopoly says

    June 22, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    Oh, Kris. You're good. I'll definitely be using that magic of yours in the future.

  7. Lerin says

    June 22, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    So very sweet! Bella believed that the cottonwood puffs floating by outside of the car window were fairies. Oh, to believe in magic again…

  8. Melanie B says

    June 23, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    Very sweet. We haven't really discovered fairies yet.

  9. Roxane B. Salonen says

    June 24, 2010 at 4:34 am

    I love how kids color our world with their imaginations! I'm really enjoying my 5-year-old's vivid imagination right now. He's my youngest of five and I am cherishing it as much as possible. It doesn't stay this vibrant forever. :)

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

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―Flannery O'Connor

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