When my sister Grace was 3-4, she had an imaginary friend named Allen. He was a little boy about her age. Grace would play very realistically with Allen, it felt almost as if we could sense where the boy was sitting based on how she handed him teacups and accepted little handshakes. They would laugh and run through the house. We’d listen to her side of long, elaborate conversations. …And then Allen began telling her things that no one could have known, that were revealed to be true a year or so later. (Heavy things related to a missing family member, who sadly it was discovered later had passed away…)
I was 11-13 during this time, and Allen scared the begeezus out of me, lol. However, I was polite when he was around and did partake in one or two tea parties. Some of the adults around us began to wonder if there was something supernatural to Allen… And then one day he left as mysteriously as he had arrived.
Now Grace and I talk about him like an old friend she had once, very long ago… And I know she misses him, and know wherever he might be, he misses her too.
When my sister Grace was 3-4, she had an imaginary friend named Allen. He was a little boy about her age. Grace would play very realistically with Allen, it felt almost as if we could sense where the boy was sitting based on how she handed him teacups and accepted little handshakes. They would laugh and run through the house. We’d listen to her side of long, elaborate conversations. …And then Allen began telling her things that no one could have known, that were revealed to be true a year or so later. (Heavy things related to a missing family member, who sadly it was discovered later had passed away…)
I was 11-13 during this time, and Allen scared the begeezus out of me, lol. However, I was polite when he was around and did partake in one or two tea parties. Some of the adults around us began to wonder if there was something supernatural to Allen… And then one day he left as mysteriously as he had arrived.
Now Grace and I talk about him like an old friend she had once, very long ago… And I know she misses him, and know wherever he might be, he misses her too.
This one is for Grace and Allen.
Happy Halloween!