{"id":986,"date":"2024-06-23T22:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T22:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=986"},"modified":"2024-05-30T13:14:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:14:36","slug":"have-you-ever-hugged-a-fairy-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Have You Ever Hugged A Fairy Horse?"},"content":{"rendered":"

H<\/strong>ave you ever hugged a fairy horse?<\/p>\n

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P<\/strong>erhaps you have at some time in your life<\/p>\n

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b<\/strong>ut did not realize that you were in the presence of a magical being.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong> have been fortunate to have \u00a0encountered numerous fairy horses in my lifetime.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he Home Place Fairy Folk \u00a0honor horses, they share many secrets with them.<\/p>\n

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S<\/strong>ome people believe fairy horses are sent from the fairies to be protectors and guardians of special children and that such children may be enchanted.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong> have reason to suspect some of this might be true.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong> long, long time ago I met \u00a0a child so full of magical thoughts that other children found her rather peculiar.<\/p>\n

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H<\/strong>er dreams and wishes were not ordinary childhood thoughts of make believe.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>hey were\u00a0extra ordinary<\/em> thoughts of Believe Making.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he Fairy Horse that entered her dreams was as real as any daytime companion and together they explored curious and rather exquisite places that only children in dreams on fairy horses can go.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>his little girl knew that if she believed long and hard enough in her Fairy Horse, that endless possibilities would come their way.<\/p>\n

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E<\/strong>ach night without exception the little girl was grateful when this beautiful fairy horse galloped into her dreams.<\/p>\n

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S<\/strong>he believed this nighttime companion truly existed even when during her waking hours others laughed and said it could not be so.<\/p>\n

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E<\/strong>ach and every night while the little girl slept she and her fairy horse explored a unique expression of another world together,\u00a0 sharing secrets, future hopes and dreams.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>here are fairy horses and special children all around us though not everyone has a willingness to see the magic that lays before them.<\/p>\n

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S<\/strong>ometimes extra ordinary<\/em> Believe Makers meet other dreamers like themselves.<\/p>\n

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W<\/strong>hen this happens everything is twice as much fun.<\/p>\n

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F<\/strong>airy Horses come in all shapes and sizes just like children and fairies do.<\/p>\n

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W<\/strong>hen you go to bed tonight know that somewhere, some place a \u00a0child may be dreaming, \u00a0an extra ordinary<\/em> Believer, riding an extraordinary fairy horse of his or her own.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong>f your heart and mind remain open you will never loose the power of magical thinking.<\/p>\n

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C<\/strong>hildhood is filled with unlimited possibilities; the days can seem endless.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong>n time we out grow our younger selves and a larger person we become.<\/p>\n

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C<\/strong>hildren grow older and some forget about their dreamtime fairy horses.<\/p>\n

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O<\/strong>ther children never forget and remain believers of magical possibilities their entire lives.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>s parents they will teach their own children about fairies, \u00a0extra ordinary<\/em> thinking and Believe Making.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>hese are the children that though they age, never grow old, remaining hopeful dreamers for all of their days.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he fairies never leave these\u00a0extra ordinary<\/em> Believe Makers<\/p>\n

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and though you cannot see them there is always a fairy by their side.<\/p>\n

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B<\/strong>elieve Making and extra ordinary<\/em>\u00a0thinking does not have to end with the passing of childhood.<\/p>\n

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O<\/strong>ne can retain extra ordinary<\/em>\u00a0thinking.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>rue believers have the ability to soar high in a world of endless possibilities, remaining forever enchanted with hopefulness, faith and goodwill.<\/p>\n

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H<\/strong>ave you hugged your fairy horse today whomever and whatever you perceive him to be?<\/p>\n

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E<\/strong>nchanted by the fairies and blessed with the love of children, fairy horses age but they never grow old.<\/p>\n

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H<\/strong>old on to your dreams they will become the beacons that guide you into your future.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>nd always,\u00a0 remember \u00a0“Fairy Horses” come in all shapes and sizes<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>nd everyone is unique, just like you.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>s a late winter wind swirls through the hills and among my now dormant gardens there is a sense of timelessness<\/p>\n

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no separation between the here<\/em> and now<\/em> and the before<\/em> now.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>ll the children and fairy horses from the past dance with those of the present<\/p>\n

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their laughter forever echoes among the dried and dormant foliage woven together through the ages like vines.<\/p>\n

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I<\/strong> see them all<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>ll the children and the child I once was playing together like the fairies do,<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>s one Old Horse stands forever and always, facing west, watching, as old as time.<\/p>\n

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O<\/strong>ur friend, our sentry, our guardian; Old Horse<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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T<\/b>he Home Place Fairy Folk say that Fairy Horses never age; they never grow old and they never ever truly leave you, not really.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he gifts these guardian have given, the love they have bestowed will forever and always reside within your heart.<\/p>\n

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F<\/strong>rom this day forward every step the little girl takes,<\/p>\n

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every step her sister takes ;<\/p>\n

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will forever and always will be in the light cast from Old Horse, their protector, guardian, beacon; their forever shining light.<\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>s a full fledged Fairy Horse, Old Horse<\/em> walks with the fairies now, he’s galloped on before us into Fairyland.<\/p>\n

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H<\/strong>e has returned to the place of all magic and all childhood beginnings.<\/p>\n

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W<\/strong>e know that the love he benevolently bestowed upon us\u00a0 has no limits, no restrictions, no bounds.<\/p>\n

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\"Off<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Old<\/a><\/p>\n

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L<\/strong>ive your own Great Story out loud.<\/p>\n

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G<\/strong>odspeed Old Horse…<\/p>\n

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