{"id":3304,"date":"2013-10-29T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T13:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2013-10-29T15:26:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T13:26:01","slug":"it-starts-with-faeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=3304","title":{"rendered":"It starts with faeries."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a title=\"guardian-angels-toni-grote\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/guardian-angels-toni-grote.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3305\" alt=\"guardian-angels-toni-grote\" src=\"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/guardian-angels-toni-grote.jpg\" width=\"508\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><b><blockquote class=\"sc-blockquote\"><\/b><strong>It starts with faeries.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I watch you shut your book\u00a0<br \/> with a satisfying thud\u00a0<br \/> and shout:\u00a0<br \/> \u201cI believe in faeries\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And I see God\u2019s smile\u00a0<br \/> shimmer through the stardust\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>As the morning stars\u00a0<br \/> sing together\u00a0<br \/> and all the angels shout\u00a0<br \/> for joy<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You hug to yourself\u00a0<br \/> a child-like certainty\u00a0<br \/> that now, this very minute\u00a0<br \/> another faery has been saved!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Never lose<br \/> that sense of wonder<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For you\u00a0<br \/> everything is a miracle\u00a0<br \/> there is nothing seen\u00a0<br \/> or unseen\u00a0<br \/> that you cannot believe\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Faeries are like angels\u00a0<br \/> invisible friends who\u00a0<br \/> sparkle in the sunlight\u00a0<br \/> dance and twirl like leaves\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Little puffs of wind\u00a0<br \/> playing in your hair\u00a0<br \/> whispering\u00a0<br \/> \u201cHere I am, isn\u2019t life grand?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They watch you play hopscotch\u00a0<br \/> on the pavement\u00a0<br \/> soothe ointment on your knees\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Slowly release their breath\u00a0<br \/> when you climb the tallest trees\u00a0<br \/> nestle there\u00a0<br \/> reach out to the clouds\u00a0<br \/> And dream \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Feathered angels\u00a0<br \/> trill their secret messages\u00a0<br \/> hop from branch to branch\u00a0<br \/>watch over you<br \/>one foot carefully placed<br \/>after another<br \/>as you descend<\/p>\n<p>Some angels\u00a0<br \/> pile up freshly made scones\u00a0<br \/> smothered in jam and cream\u00a0<br \/> on your favourite plate\u00a0<br \/> and watch you eat\u00a0<br \/> so much in love with you\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They read you endless stories\u00a0<br \/> over and over\u00a0<br \/> for they know you love to\u00a0<br \/> feed your imagination\u00a0<br \/> and can never get enough\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes\u00a0<br \/> when you least expect it\u00a0<br \/> a furry angel jumps on to your lap\u00a0<br \/> kneads you up and down\u00a0<br \/> dribbles and purrs!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And did you know \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A guardian angel\u00a0<br \/> listens to your prayers at night\u00a0<br \/> sends them heavenward\u00a0<br \/> with a sprinkling of faery dust\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Where God catches them\u00a0<br \/> and smiles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>While His angels shout for joy\u00a0<br \/> and the night sky shivers in delight.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Amanda Edwards<\/blockquote><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3307,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions\/3307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}