Wendy in Neverland

Growing up I think I probably saw every single cinematic version of Peter Pan ever made.  From the animated version to Sandy Duncan, and from Robin Williams to the most recent one where someone made the bizarre choice to white wash and then paint splatter the tribal people, but I've never read the book.

I wasn't much of a reader as a child, but as an adult and certainly as a parent I do far more reading for myself and to my children.  And this story, a child who doesn't want to grow up and do stuffy grown-up things, but just wants to be a kid having adventures forever, has always been one that is near and dear to my heart.

With my brother and with cousins, I'm sure we spent many weekends and a Christmas break or two imagining ourselves in Peter's story.  In all that time of playing Neverland, I can't remember ever wanting to be Wendy.  I preferred to be Tiger Lily or one of the Lost Boys, or maybe even Tinkerbell.  

And dear Wendy was such a calm to the wild storm, a wet blanket to the wild fire, that I preferred to leave her out altogether.  She just wasn't the kind of girl to whom I could relate.  No ill will to Wendy, I see her value now.  After all storms and wildfires wreak tremendous havoc.

Wendy then is a yin to the yang, and balance to all things, etc.  That's something I see expressed in this Wendy in Neverland dress from Tatyana.  I love the map print, with the wild adventures all neatly composed on a rather lady-like dress with, of course, a Peter Pan collar.

I think there's a little bit of the Peter Pan spirit in all of us, and if we're wise, we'll temper it with a little bit of Wendy too.

Shopping Info:  Wendy Fit & Flare in Neverland Print from Tatyana.com