Just before this, Emmy and her parents had moved from Suffolk to London to live with and care for an elderly parent who was suffering from Alzheimer’s. This huge change, on top of a transition to a new school with no ready-made friends, was daunting for Emmy who really benefited from Emmeline’s letters and took genuine pleasure in the small offerings from Wingwash. In fact, the little gifts built up and up to create an entire fairy-furnished patch of land in her bedroom. This made visits for Emmeline much more fun too as she could sit and relax with fairy-sized trinkets and toys. Life with Alzheimer’s is not all doom and gloom, and Emmy has been a very loving and caring granddaughter throughout (she still is!). There has even been much laughter and, with it, the inspiration for our very forgetful fairy, Maria Mindfull. Emmy’s dad, Paul, is an artist and the inspiration for the hairy, Laup, who will help to illustrate the letters.