The Fairy of Folding Laundry

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

This posting will be short and sweet.

The fairy I pulled on the 8th of December is

“The Fairy of Folding Laundry”.  I love seeing her and her practical, easy way of being. Her speech bubble filled with the simple statement of “Ah”.

I spend my mornings with 12 high school students and their 8 supporting teachers.  When we do a “check-in” and share with each other some the activities we've done over the weekend I often admire the similarities I hear between us.  They contain a love of adventure and being outdoors and sweet moments and celebration. 

Where we differ is this-

Teenagers don't yet know the joy of getting to stay home and get on top of house chores.  They don’t yet know these mundane activities can be completed with ease.  That these activities satisfy our enjoyment in using our skills.  And that these repetitive boring things we'll be doing the rest of our lives will, at times, hold us in a gentle rapture. 

These chores are ours.  They connect us to others in our lives.  And, most importantly, they give us a private satisfaction when completed. 

How wonderful to see the laundry neatly hanging in the closet and folded in the chest of drawers. 

Yes, take some moments to put the 'ah' into your housework. 

I will too. 

It’s such a wonderful way to deliver a dose of self-care.

Be well in these busy times, my friends.

Fondly,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Using Our Hearts To Be A Part Of It All

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

Well, we’ve entered into another holiday season.

I’ve been thinking about how not too long ago I started seriously asking myself when our culture would wear out the wish 'to do' the holidays.  At the time I lived right downtown in the commercial area of our biggest Vermont city.  The buzz of buying and the weary energy of people doing too much started the moment the last pumpkin pie bite was taken.  It grew steadily bigger till the final sales of the season took place.

This yearly conversation with myself grew into a realization.  The only way to quiet all the other people's energy was to find and follow my own traditions of the holiday.

Following my heart is the best route I know. 

I love that this time of darkness inspires us to seek light.  Often I find it in groups that gather together with intention.  I love the ages old music of the holidays of this time.  I love reading holiday cards that connect me to others with just a few words or a whole summary of the year.  And when I get it together, I love sending my own even though I’m usually so excited I say lots of goofy things in them.  I love making agreements with myself about what I'd like to bring into the next year.

What do you love about this time?  Find it and follow it like Alice down the rabbit hole.

And guess who's here to cheer us on?

My work in life is to find my way into my heart and hear its easy 'tick, tick, tick' and sit still enough to hear what it says. 

I believe Bluebird Fairies assist me in sharing this method with others.  Either by having a conversation with me in the fairy stand or using your own fairy deck at home OR inspiring you to take a pen into your 'other' hand to name and draw what comes to mind?

 Please find your way through this season with joy.

And, if you can, stop by the E-1 Collective Holiday Shop in Burlington:

We're a nice stop no matter mood you're in or how much time you have to linger.

Be well.

Fondly,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

The Clarity That Comes From Doing It!

As many of you know I created the fairies in the fairy deck with my left hand.  I drew one nightly, every night, during a period of great upheaval in my life.  While I don't remember the genesis of each fairy I definitely remember the story that inspired this one.

I drew this fairy the day I left the full-time, fully-benefited job I’d had for 11 years.  It had come to my attention that I was operating in an environment that wasn't working for my way of being human.  Working on a transformational project shed light on this and once it was completed it was time for me to head to “a new harbor”.  

There was nothing but hopeful ideas for me to step into.  I was in great need of the 'We're Supporting You Forward!' entities that accompany this fairy.  For two years, never letting go of the joy of my liberation, I traveled through uncertainty.   

My arrival in a new full-time job has found me in a big eddy of activity.  The newly formed program I coordinate began 3 weeks after my arrival so I've been treading water quickly to keep afloat.  

Recently pulling the “Fairy of Clarity” from the deck gave me a great feeling of relief. Yes, as the first session of the program nears its end I see how this year will move forward. 

We can always find “The Fairy of Clarity.” by connecting with a space within us that is light.  

Please take a moment to think of the big "You Did It!" moves you've taken in your life.  The ones that took a leap of faith.  Smile at that courage.   

And let the “Fairy of Clarity” live in your life every day while you smile through all the unknowing. 

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The holiday are coming.  Please stop by the E-1 Studio Collective Holiday Shop where the Bluebird Fairies Stand will be up and selling and sharing all kinds of fun things. The hours and details are right here. 

We'd all love to see you!!!

Fondly,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

It's Going to Be Okay

Hello Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

I am always delighted to see this dear fairy.

For some reason when I see his name written with wavering handwriting that betrays uncertainty, it builds within me an even stronger conviction that it will 'be okay'.  

I guess it’s because I know from personal experience that he’s been right before.  Several years ago when I needed very much to believe in him, I drew him. For many months he lived on my fridge and his smile greeted me each morning.  Together we moved through fog into clarity. 

I feel uncertain again.  Not with questions of ‘where will I live?’ and ‘with whom?’.  The questions live around the many projects and people that fill my life. 

My heart relaxes when I look in this dear fairy's face. 

The secret garden of my soul reveals itself and its door of possibility opens.

 I’m curious to know how this fairy resonates with your life?

I smile as I see him working his magic into it.

On Friday November 13th, I'll have the fairy booth up at O.N.E. arts for their Young Professionals Salon.  I'll be doing Fairy Card Readings and will have cards and decks for sale. Plus our new Thanksgiving Themed t-shirt will be available. Please sign up and come.

Can't wait to see you there or in the near future or when you write and send me a comment.

Fondly,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

“It’s All Going to Happen” says the Robin

Hello Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

My life has been busy and new.  Making time and place in my life for writing blog postings is a priority I have not been achieving.  So, in this post I'll be catching up with myself by sharing 2 fairies I selected from my deck of hand-drawn, home grown fairy cards.

On October 8th, in the midst of the bustle of settling into a new home and the official start of the program I coordinate with High School Students at Champlain Community Services I pulled this fairy card. 

She was a sight for weary eyes.  I find myself so busy with the current day-to-day elements of my new life (which I am so, thankful for) that I feel I have fully stepped off the track I was travelling on towards the larger dreams of my life. 

Luckily, I have made a new friend who seems to have arrived in my life to assist the “Fairy of It’s All Going to Happen”.  Her suggestion to “work with less resistance and with more lightness and ease” assists me in not getting bogged down at work.  She's also helped me gain a sense of timing that allows me to calmly work through all that is still unsettled in my life before moving more fully into gear with my aspirations for Bluebird Fairies.  

On the 18th of October, I pulled from my fairy deck-

 How Exciting!

Even before getting out of bed that morning I had committed myself to a new, positive way of being.

What New Ways in your life could allow more:

• Positivity into your life? 
• Trust in the universe?
• Belief that our dreams can and will unfold in our lives?

 Let's lightly and easefully allow it ALL to happen. 

Have Fun! 

Fondly,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies