Caring for Fairies

     The problem with caring for fairies is that they are little and often over looked.  My fairy is quite fetching and smart enough to know it.  So she doesn't comb her hair.  She is temperamental and easily frustrated when she can't get her magic pixie dust to work.  Oh, spangles.  She likes to be little while she dreams of being big; sixteen years old to be exact.  When she is sixteen, she will be brave enough to get her ears pierced and drive a car.  She loves her world.  It is a world mostly her own filled with pegasuses and unicorns under the bluest skies filled with pink clouds.  In fact, most of her world is pink.  Everything is pink, except for the bluest skies, of course.  She has a world to escape to when grey clouds mess up the reality she so carefully tip toes through.   Well, on some days she tiptoes.  Most days she barrels through with tears and voiced displeasure at the craziness presented her.
   Yes, it is touchy business to care for fairies.  If you touch their wings, they can not fly; just like a butterfly.  The tough thing is you can't actually see a fairy's wings as they are so delicate.  So you must always be careful to hug a fairy gently.  Do hug your fairies as much as possible, even, and especially when they are being quite temperamental.  And, most definitely hug her when she is crying and angry at you.  But, don't really believe her when she says she is mad at you because she is most likely just angry at the world or something.  So hug her until she understands that you are here to care for her and love her just the way she is.
   Fairies can get quite attached to their care takers.  Though they will tend to yell, scream, and push away their caretakers when they don't get their way, if there is any threat that the caretaker may leave them, fairies will surely crumb into a ball of tears and fears.  So it is important to not over look these little beings.  And, seek assistance in their care.  Find other caretakers who will watch out for your fairy when you can not attend to their needs.  Make sure these caretakers are kind and gentle.  And, of course, know how to hug a fairy without crushing her wings into bits of pink dust. 
   Always allow your fairy to feel in control and in charge of her world.  Make small adjustments to your life so that hers makes more sense to her.  Give her little jobs to complete that offer immediate results and satisfaction.  This will allow you to build upon her confidence.  Eventually, she will find the strength to take on bigger jobs with great success.  But, be careful not to give her too big of a job or up the anti too fast.  For, if you move too fast and scare her, the fairy will flutter away from your world into her pink palace in the sky faster then you can say: skuttlebug. 
   Yes, tending to fairies is a challenging job.  They will pout and tell you they hate you while holding you at the center of their universe.  Though it is tough to balance the teeter-totter world of a fairy as a care taker, you will reap great rewards as she shares her world with you.  You will discover talents in yourself that you didn't know you had.  And, most importantly, if you are a very careful and loving caretaker, you will be rewarded with a strong and gracious fairy godmother who just might make your dreams come true.