Maile's Wish Upon a Sea Star    .  Maile's shell flashed its light up into the veil. A tiny mermaid leaped, elegant as a dream, from a tiny ocean inside a seashell formed of spiraling veil ribbon.  Maile gazed at this glowing spiral, breathless. How I wish...

from:  The Wishing Spiral  written and illustrated ©2003-2008