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‘D
o you believe
in fairies?
Some peoplemight think that’s an odd
question, but I don’t. Ever
since I was a little girl,
I’ve known that fairies live
alongside us humans. Not
only that – I believe that, if
you’re open to them, they
can guide your life and
even infuse it with their
special brand of magic.
I first became aware of their
existence when my parents
split up – I was five years old.
Unable to decide whether I
wanted to live with my mum
or my dad, I went to stay with
my grandmother. I have vivid
memories of her pruning her
beautiful, fragrant roses, with
me collecting the petals to
make ‘perfume’ for the flower
fairies. The next day, it would
always be gone.
Even back then, I always
associated fairies with nature
and, spending hours poring
over the pictures in my
grandmother’s flower fairy
books, it made sense that
each fairy would be attached
to a different flower.
I even saw the delicate
creatures, mostly as flashes
of brightly coloured lights.
I didn’t question them; they
were as real to me as my
grandmother.
As a teenager, growing up in
London, my interest shifted
to music and fashion, but
the fairies never left me and
I never forgot about them,
‘I believe in
Ever since she was a child,
Karen Kay has believed
in fairies. In fact, she says,
they guide her life...
Karen
wants
us all to
believe
in fairiesTitania and
Oberon? No,
it’s Karen
and Michael!‘If^ there’s
one^ thing
I’ve^ learned’
‘Expect^ the^ unexpected
and^ believe^ in^ the^ magicand^ wonder^ of^ life.^ Miracles^
really^ are^ possible,^
and^ you’re^ never^ too^
old^ to^ believe^
in^ fairies!’^