Dear Fairy Friends,
as we approach Christmas I wanted to share with you a wonderful new fairy painting of Aimee by Josephine Wall after we met her and her lovely husband Bob at the Fairy Ball in Penzance. It so captures the essence of fairy that lies within Aimee. Jo has painted Aimee with glorious rainbow coloured wings and there is a face painted on each of the feather wings which surround her. The title we have settled on for the picture is Fairy Lights because for Aimee and I each fairy friend and supporter who has joined Aimee on this life journey have brought their own special healing light to lift and strengthen Aimee’s fairy spirit on this most mortal journey. Jo’s insight and her gift of creating such profound umages for us all to see is so very special to us all and we are so honoured to be able to share it with our dear fairy friends.

We are so grateful for the love and support which Aimee has received over the last twelve months – it has given her such a boost and meant the world to us all. She is recovering from the graft versus host episode and the virus seems to have been cleared by the ant-vital medicines.

We look forward to a bug free Christmas and new year at home and wish you all the brightest, happiest, and most magical of fairy Christmases
fairy blessings
Rosie and Aimee xx

Dear fairy friends and supporters

Over the hot summer weeks and months that Aimee spent in Yorkhill children’s hospital undergoing further treatment, dreams of going to the October Faery Ball in Penzance kept her spirits up and her energies much focused on this important date in her schedule. Thank you to the very many kind hearted folks who sent cards and gifts to Aimee while she resided in our specially created Fairy Hill Sanctuary ­ a special place filled with beautiful fairy images and gifts and where melodic fairy music created a very special healing place for Aimee to get through her treatment.

Thank you also to our dear friends a NABs who created a magical fairy themed countdown calendar for a hundred days before the big day ­ with each new day adding every more sparkle and ever more fairies to fill Aimee’s room.

Whilst at the time each day itself felt like a hundred, soon the most magical of all days arrived ­ the day to come home, to convalesce and to finally plan the detail of this most magical journey that would take Aimee ­ and us – to a this new world of enchantment which had beckoned us all for so long. Aimee was not disappointed.

Our sincere and grateful thanks to Aimee’s supporters who helped to make this wonderful trip possible ­ from the amazing football supporters of the Dee supporters club of the Dundee Football club who helped to fund our travel expenses, to our dear friends Be and Drew Montague of the fairy wholesale company I Do Believe and the owners of the Mount Haven Hotel Penzance who together made us such welcome guests during our stay in Penzance.

Magic was most definitely afoot on the night of the Faery Ball when uncertain of our final destination we simply joined the band of fairy folk making their way along the streets of Penzance to the big event. Even more thrills and surprises awaited inside the hall as we met for the first time ­ countless ordinary folk revealing their most magical selves and long established faery folk who had sent such love and support to Aimee throughout the last three years. Even in disguise we knew who they were ­ David and Myrea at Fairiesworld who for Aimee set the magical world of faery in motion; Linda Ravenscroft who had so delighted Aimee with many little fairy surprises; Brian and Wendy Froud, who for Aimee are truly the Fairy King and Queen of her fairy world where Wendy’s Healing Fairy had become such a blessed gift for Aimee over the years, and meeting new and delightful friends Josephine Wall and her husband Bob, as well as Alicen and Neil Geddes Ward of the Orkney Fairies Museum. Wings of all shapes, colours and sizes fluttered across the hall proving just how much this fairy world was ready to embrace us ordinary mortals ­ a momentous evening for us all.

Over the following weekend we were humbled that support continued and extended to include the Fairy Box raffle hosted by Be and Drew which gathered £500 for our funds with wonderful donations from Brian and Wendy Froud, Josephine Wall, Be and Drew, Linda Ravenscroft, Alicen and Neil Geddes Ward and the stunningly gorgeous fairy jewellry of Ethera. The event also helped to set in place important seeds ready to bring the magic of Fairy Box south of the Border.

Home now and the Faery Ball is a much cherished memory that will carry us all forward in the months ahead as Aimee’s progress is monitored by her Doctors in Dundee and in Glasgow.

faery blessings
Rosie and Aimee

June 24 2006 Dear fairy friends and supporters What a very special day for fairy enthusiasts every where

The first official celebration of World Fairy Day – this fairy art movement is such a blessing for this sometimes harsh and unforgiving world of ours – long may it gather momentum and remind us lesser mortals of the ancient and simple truths of shared love and kindness towards one and other

Today Aimee will celebrate world fairy day – just as you would expect her to with a fairy dinner with her fairy sisters

it is a poignant day to as tomorrow Aimee will begin further treatment at Yorkhill Glasgow

some 100 days later we plan to join the Fairy celebrations at a wonderful Fairy Ball at Penzance on Friday October 13

I am sure too that for each and every one of these days she will be blessed with fairy love and support from so many friends close to home and close to heart around the world

Many many thanks for all your help on this road with us – there will always be room for such welcome companions – one day soon I hope the leukaemia will no longer need be a companion in Aimee’s life and we will see then how she soars.

Aimee had a wonderful visit recently to the set of the CBBC children’s television programme which is filmed near Dunoon – a big thank you to James MacKenzie who plays Raven for showing her around the set and for his very special gift of friendship

Tomorrow though is another day we will greet tomorrow when we have finished with today

Our love, fairy wishes and fairy blessings to you all

Rosie and Aimee xxoo

p.s.
If you wish to write to Aimee – you can reach her at
Fairy Hill Sanctuary
Schiehallion Ward
Yorkhill Children’s Hospital
Dalnair Street
Glasgow

Aimee is making good steady progress and we have had lots of adventures Through many good and kind friends we had a wonderful trip to Belgium – Aimee of course travelled in disguise hence the butterfly mask, and a enjoyed a wonderful week of magic at a Scottish castle where she lost herself for two days amongst the constant round of magic and made even more special friends

Brother Leigh spent his first long spell away from home with a stint at the Scottish Youth Theatre in Glasgow where he is taking part in a series of plays to mark Hans Christian Anderson’s 200th birthday – more fairy magic and is off to do some comedy at the Edinburgh Festival shortly

Aimee celebrated her 10th party at the Swallow Hotel again under the magical command of our dear friends Jay and Lisa

We also started a fund raising campaign to help keep the fairy magic going for other children in Hospital and even made a TV appearance to mark the arrival of our Fairy Box at Ninewells Hospital Dundee this is the web link – http://northtonight.grampiantv.co.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=6912

It is almost a year now (August 12) since Aimee had her bone marrow transplant – a difficult journey for all of us made all the more bearable because of the love and support we have all received from you

Aimee is a beautiful, lively, mischievous, and tender young girl. The magic which you all brought to us has had a big impact on all our lives – we will be forever grateful

Light and love

Rosie and Aimee
xx

Dear fairy friends and supporters

The Easter Bunny has duly delivered some scrumy chocolate to the Butler household but more importantly the fairy dust and fairy magic continues in abundance. Aimee thought she would surprise her dad on his birthday by sprinkling some fairy dust in his bed – however since she can’t spell “little” and has no idea what the word means, her daddy sparkled for days until it all wore off.

She is making slow and steady progress and we hope that after the Easter holidays she will be able to go back to school on a part-time basis.

A couple of weeks ago we enjoyed a short break in London where we went to see the Lion King and the new Mary Poppins show and went on the London Eye. It was lovely spring weather and although it was exhausting it was well worth the trip. A magical moment along the way was Aimee being serenaded by the Elvis Presley Cleaning Company with “wont you be my teddy bear?” as she had lunch in the hotel.

We are making good progress with the fairy box idea for children on the Schiehallion Ward at Yorkhill – thank you to all of you who have contribued to its success.

We have come such a long way from this time last year – each day is precious and to be savoured.

light and love
Rosie and Aimee

Dear Fairy Friends It feels like Christmas all over again, even down to the snow which surrounds us this morning. Six months to the day after Aimee’s bone marrow transplant we are at home and at last beginning to feel that we are truly home. After some worrying weeks caused by Aimee’s falling blood counts, she seems to have turned another most welcome corner in her epic journey. While others may have circumnavigated the world in record time, our Aimee keeps on in her journey because in her own words “she wants to win against her leukaemia more that her leukaemia wants to win against her” To celebrate this important milestone our fairy princess resplendent in fairy gown, crown, silver bracelet and sequined slippers dressed early spent the day building complex structures in the knex construction kit something of a contradiction in terms you might think. But no, just another example of the sheer focus and determination that has seen her through the last fourteen months. The family celebrated with a family dinner more than touched with a hint of valentines day which is just around the corner. We are blessed that Aimee is part of our family, that she and her brother Leigh are such firm friends and supporters of each other . And we are blessed to have reached this milestone with the love and support of some many people close to us at home and close to us at heart despite being a world away Happy Valentines Day Light and love Rosie and Aimee xxoo

Aimee 8th November 2004

Image courtesy of and Copyright© 2004 Evening Times

Hi David and Myrea

Aimee and I were out for lunch today with a very good friend of ours who had traveled through from Dundee to spend the day with us. We were looking in the Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow when we saw Myrea’a wonderful fairies in the Thornton’s shop there. Naturally we name-dropped to say that they had been created by a very good friend of ours and happened to mention that the fairies world website was sooooo… worth a visit.

I secretly spied some wonderful boxes that will make their way into Santa’s sack before the big day

Myrea – we think you are simply wonderful – what a special gift to be able to share with others what you sense and feel about the fairy world. Thank you both too for the wonderful pack of fairy art and books that you gifted to the Queens Hotel for their fund raiser – they were very much sought after items.

I have worked with the staff at the Queens Hotel for a number of years and count them amongst my friends.. I had not reaslied how distressed they felt at Aimee’s relapse and the setbacks that followed. I also learned for the first time on the night that they are avid followers of Aimee’s progress on the fairies world website. The fund raiser was a highly successful event with some 80 ladies from the business community in Dundee and together they raised £3000 to help with our plans to take to Aimee to Hawaii when she is fit enough to go. There is also enough to help a little with Santa’s sack to make sure that Leigh and Aimee are well taken care of at Christmas. I was delighted that on the night Rosemary Richardson won a marvellous marks and spencers gift hampers in the raffle.

I also learned that the Scottish blood bank are to change their recruitment procedures early next year to allow first time blood donors to also become bone marrow donors – bringing the service into line with England and Wales. This is something I have been campaigning for since the Spring – it is such an important step forward I hope it helps to swell the ranks considerably. It means that blood donors aged between 18 and 45 can take the necessary steps to register as a bone marrow donor from day one. I was also deeply moved that a couple of the lady guests at the Queen’s Hotel fundraiser spoke to me about becoming donors after hearing about Aimee’s story.

David – some of the above might we worth an update on the website to say a very special thank you to the Queens Hotel and to help spread the word about Myrea’s wonderful chocolate fairies

light and love

Rosie and Aimee

Aimee managed a trip home to Dundee over the halloween weekend to visit a few friends but was soon exhausted. We have spent much of the past year with a lot of very ill childern where in comparison Aimee has been comparatively well. It became obvious that she had a long way to go to recover anything near her former strength.

She wants to be well so much and has to be reminded that every small step forward leads to a bigger one. It will be at least a year before she has regained a good measure of her former strength, it is now three months since her transplant and we are grateful that she has managed to stay out of hospital over the last month, visiting regularly for blood tests though

We are beginning to feel a bit more at ease in our routine now and even managing a few trips out. We were given tickets to see the Moscow Ballet in Sleeping Beauty at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall which we thoroughly enjoyed. Our son Leigh is taking us all by surprise in exploring his potential as a stand up comic and appearing at the Glasgow ” Stand” Comedy club.

Our next mile stone will hopefully be the completion of the 100 post transplant days in late November. We hope to have a short break then to celebrate and after that start count down to Christmas. We are very much looking to being home for Christmas.

Rosie Butler – Aimee’s mum