Oh my, I am loving this thread! Each and every one of your stories has made me smile.
My story is very typical of the faeries, I think. I have been very drawn to tarot for decades now, but had a lot of trouble finding a deck that was "easy" for me even though I consider myself quite capable of connecting psychically. Despite my years and years of inexperience, I have been a member of AT for a long time.
So one day, I was perusing a list of sale/trade items (why? I don't know, I don't usually read) and I saw "Froud's Faeries Oracle" and I
immediately PMed the person and asked for the deck! Again, why? I don't know! I realized a short while later that it would almost be cheaper to buy them from a local bookstore, but THIS was the deck I had to have. All the while, wondering what in the heck got into me.
Interestingly, I had never really given a whole lot of thought to fairies, gnomes, or the like. I thought they were cute whimsical little stories. So it was especially weird that I was so taken by this deck.
The faeries arrived and we immediately had a friendly warm connection. It's like they jumped out of the box and said "YAY!!!!" and despite my normally quiet demeanor, I said "YAY!!!". I am still a newbie for the most part, not having "met" all the cards yet, so sometimes I do need to look them up in the book. But they don't seem to mind. All in all, I feel they are very good friends. I even call upon them when the deck is no where nearby. For example, I went to the funeral of a friend's mom, and as I was driving there I realized I would be comforted by the Fairy Godmother, so she came with me.
They also let it be known when they want to tell someone ELSE something. I was on my way to the shower one morning when the deck was YELLING for me (this is not normal! haha!). "Ok, ok, ok!" I said. So I open up the box and right there on top was the Friends card. Which was exactly the message I needed to tell my friend whose mom had just died.
A similar thing happened with my sister. She and I were talking on the phone, and I was cleaning the kitchen at the same time. As she was telling me about a stressful situation, all of a sudden I found two of my fairies on the kitchen table. I have NO IDEA how they got there, or why there weren't in their box. I never bring things like that into the kitchen. It was clear to both of us that they were eager to tell HER something.
It's nice to have a place to talk about such things without everyone thinking I'm totally off my rocker.
~Leslie