Ok…I hope you guys don’t think I’m too weird when I tell you about this. But here it goes.
When I was about 3 or 4 years old, I had 3 imaginary friends. Their names were Jesse, Valley & Solly. And I also had an imaginary dog, named Penelope and it had only one blue tooth. Don’t ask me. I don’t know where I came up with this stuff. I did everything with my imaginary friends. I had tea parties with them, played outside with them, they ate and slept with me, and sometimes they would die and I would tell my mama about it, then later forget what I told her, and they would be alive again. She would say something like, “I thought you said that Jesse died.” And I would say, “Well, he’s not dead anymore, he’s alive again”. LOL I know, I’m really starting to sound like a nutcase here aren’t I?? But here’s the thing. I knew they weren’t real, and sometimes my mama would ask me if they were real (I guess she was getting a little worried about me) and I would say, “No Mama, they’re not real.” I actually remember this.
Anyway, the other day I walked into Allie’s room and she was in there playing. Sometimes, she just really gets into “pretend play” with her Barbies and dolls. And I’ll hear her just chatting away. Well, at one point, I heard her say a name, and to hear it sent chills down my back. She said…..
“Come on, Solly, let’s go!” And I asked her, “Who are you talking about Allie?” and she said, “Solly” and I said, “Who is that?” and she said, “My friend”.
Yep…I nearly jumped out of my skin. It really freaked me out. I mean, it is such an uncommon name, and I have never talked about my imaginary friends to her or ever mentioned their names. Isn’t that a little strange and kinda scary? Well..all I got to say is, it really weirded me out!
