At the beginning of the pandemic, a woman named Kelly Victoria was having a hard time with the lockdown. She was walking down her street and noticed something that hadn’t been there before. There were some tiny objects arranged very intentionally in a planter with a note attached. A little girl who was four years old felt very lonely and she wanted to do something to make other people happy. So, she set up a fairy garden with tiny, brightly colored objects to attract tiny sprites and other magical creatures. She invited anyone to add what they had, too.1
Kelly had been going through some things herself and decided she wanted to brighten the day of her neighbor, who was a total stranger. She left a note for the little girl, pretending to be a fairy named Sapphire. She said she made the little tree her home and would leave a gift for the little girl. But first, she gave the little girl a quest to prove that she was worthy and kind and brave. She asked her to say nice things to others, to do helpful things, to love others, and to draw a picture for the other fairies living in the tree. The next night, the little girl wrote back and detailed all the nice and helpful and loving and brave things she had done along with a personalized drawing just for the fairies. Now, in case you are concerned about stranger danger at this point, Kelly did leave her personal contact information with the girl’s parents so that they could be assured that this was all innocent.2
So, the little girl Eliana and the fairy Sapphire became sort of pen pals. They struck up a friendship and made the lockdown more whimsical and beautiful for both of them. This continued for 9 months. Then, the little girl’s mom told Kelly that they were moving away and Eliana was having a hard time with it. So, with the mom’s permission, Kelly dressed herself up as Sapphire the fairy. She arranged with the mom to let Eliana “catch” her leaving a letter and a gift. She told Eliana that she was moving, too, and that gave her the special power to become human-sized to help with the move. They met and giggled together. Eliana asked her every question she could think of about life as a fairy. Her mom confided in Kelly that Eliana truly did become kinder and more creative once she started chatting with her fairy friend and Kelly was lifted from her loneliness and heartache.3
[1] https://twitter.com/saysthefox/status/1337598289080770561
[2 Ibid.
[3] Ibid.