Do You Believe in Magic?

When I was a little girl I wanted to be Samantha Stephens. From where I sat in front of the television on Thursday nights, Samantha had a perfect life. She was married to a successful business man, she had a nice house, she got to stay at home all day, her mother visited regularly (and wore REALLY COOL clothes), and, best of all, Samantha could do magic! 

She was a witch, now it would have been better if she'd been a fairy or an angel maybe, but clearly she was a good witch. She had everything I dreamed of including the icing on the cake. Sure she had to take care of the house, but she had magic as her backup plan. If things weren't quite right or the way she'd planned she could always finish up with magic. 

I think "Bewitched" ruined me for homemaking. Then again, television in general may have ruined me for homemaking. No TV home looked like mine did. Everything was always immaculate even when they complained about how messy the house was. (I am not saying my mother was a bad housekeeper. She wasn't. But we did live in the house and had lives and things to do, so it didn't always look like a sitcom set.) Sure, Samantha ran the vacuum, but she looked cute doing it, and the rug looked just as good before she vacuumed as it did after. 

I could use a bit of magic around here today, especially after 2 weeks of winter weather and a major injury that led to an ER visit. Where was my magic that day?



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Moira and Her Magic Bunnies

Once there was a girl named Moira. She loved bunnies more than anything else in the world. 

One day she happened upon a magic shop. The man in the shop told her if she bought a magic hat, she could have all the bunnies she'd ever want.

Moira took out her change purse and carefully counted out the coins to pay for the hat. Then she skipped home, and into the back garden of her house. 

She held the hat up and summoned the bunnies. Out popped a bunny head, followed by a bunny body and a bunny tail. 

Moira was so excited that she kept summoning bunnies all afternoon. Soon she was surrounded by sweet, white, fluffy ears and tails.

Moira decided she would share her bunnies with all of her friends.

--by Lucy

read more stories about Moira and her bunnies here