Once upon a springtime in Missouri, ten-year-old Ellena decided she wanted a fairy garden.
It started with a gift she received for her birthday, a book about fairies. One minute, she was casting fairy summoning spells. The next, she was joyfully announcing that fairies had indeed arrived with clear “evidence” in hand.
From that moment on, fairies weren’t pretend. They were real, alive, and very much part of her world.
A few weeks later, she approached her mom with bright eyes, “I want to make a fairy garden.”
Her mom smiled. “Great idea.”
“I’m just going to do it,” Ellena declared.
And she did.
She drew a blueprint, lines and scribbles that meant nothing to her mom, but everything to Ellena. She researched fairy-friendly plants, cross-checked them with Missouri’s native species, and revised her garden plan with care.
Then she got to work.
With no gardening tools at home, she began with her bare hands. Neighbors saw her digging and started dropping off tools. Under the dirt, she unearthed old paving stones, perfect to build the pathways she’d drawn.
When she was ready to plant, she asked her mom to buy them.
“No,” her mom said gently. “Not yet.”
There were tears. Frustration. But Ellena waited.
Weeks later, on a sunny Sunday, her mom said, “Today’s the day.”
They followed their inner knowing to a nursery called Weeds & Flowers. There, outside, sat a table full of $1 plants.
“These aren’t the ones from my list,” Ellena said.
“But maybe these are your plants,” her mom offered. “All of them.”
Ellena paused for a moment, taking in the full table of greenery. “Okay. Let’s take them home.”
Back in the yard, the plants were somehow just right, each one fitting perfectly into her original design. All for only $18.
But Ellena wasn’t done. A few days later, she looked at her garden and said, “It needs more fairy.”
She made a sign asking neighbors for fairy decorations and left a container at the edge of the sidewalk.
Her mom tried to prepare her in case no one should contribute, but Ellena didn’t worry.
The container was filled. Twice. Tiny benches, fairy figurines, gnomes, the donations from anonymous neighbors appeared like magic.
One evening, as the sun dipped low, Ellena sat beside her mom and said, “I think my garden’s done.”
And it was. A perfect match to her original drawing.
Take a tour of Ellena’s Fairy Garden
This true story was originally told to me by Ryn, my co-creator in the Love Money course.
As a parent, she hopes to give her children all the knowledge and wisdom they need to thrive in the world.
And yet, Ellena is her greatest teacher.
She has already mastered how to create with the energy of money.
Effortless. Joyful. Rooted in desire, guided by inner knowing, and blossoming through play.
It’s something we all knew as children, before we took on the beliefs and limitations of the world.
When you let life create with you—without force, without grasping—everything you need arrives just in time.
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Yours in love and play,
Steph
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