Hi there! I was just polishing up my little halo here when I thought of a little one that arrived the other day. My halo sparkled in the sun just like this little girls eyes did when she crossed the bridge. Her eyes were very dark, but her eyes gained a gold sparkled in them she was so full of life. She actually bounced across that bridge and sat down in front of me to introduce herself. "I'm Pixie ...," she said. I told her already knew that (cause I da weangel!). Then she told me I could call her "Picky." Isn't that cute? She sure is cute, so it suited her. Perky Picky, the Princess Pixie. She was filled with wonder and curiosity. Her eyes were darting all over the place looking at everything. I grabbed her attention and showed her the ferretone fountain, the bouncy clouds, sleepsack valley, oh ... and shoots and ladders. She was very interested in that, but she was a bit leery of them. Silly girl. She has wings now! She just didn't realize it yet. So I took her to over to the rice beds for a surprise ... a visit with her old bud Xanthie Poo! I arranged for Xanth to give her flying lessons. She caught on very quickly. And then he helped her get the knack out of the shoots and ladders. They climbed from cloud to cloud and slid down tubes dooking, twisting, and dancing at the end of each tube they shot out of. As much fun as they had, she still paused to ask about her mommy. I told her that her mommy could "see her" in her minds eye, and that was forever. And I assured her that her mommy would meet her up here one day and hold her again. But until then, she wouldn't even notice the time, because there is no sense of "time" here. The wait will feel like an instant to her. She still didn't seem happy. Her halo lost a bit of sparkle and tilted down a bit. I nudged it back up with my nose and asked what was wrong. And she said she was sad for her hoomin Grammy. I already knew she loved her Grammy (cause I da weangel). She told me about some memories about her Grandma that made me feel warm all over. I told her that she could look down at her Mommy and Grammy any time she wanted, and that they would feel it when she did. Just when she was thinking this over, Xanth tackled her and danced up and down. They both dooked and laughed. Xanth winked at me behind her back and I smiled because I knew what he was up to, the scoundrel. I winked back and smiled at him. Pixie looked back over her shoulder and asked me, "In an instant?" I shouted, "Yup ... in an instant." I saw the sparkle return to her halo and off they went, back to the shoots and ladders. Sandee [Posted in FML issue 4766]