I’m re-blogging this excellent post by D.G Kaye. How many of us had imaginary friends when we were kids? Being an only child, I certainly did. I think my friend was called Jane. Many years have passed now, enough to make the memory of her (and her name) rather fuzzy.
Like Debby, I was also entranced by the TV programme ‘Bewitched’ as a 10 year old, and wanted to work magic just as Samantha did. I saw ghosts as a young child, but these visitations from Spirit were in a house where the previous tenant had committed suicide, and these otherworldly experiences stopped when we moved house.
Stevie Turner 
Thanks so much for sharing my article here Stevie. ❤
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You’re welcome. x
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I had an imaginary band. I’d sit down at the piano and hear the whole thing. I told my dad that when he asked me why I felt obligated to beat the shit out of the piano and he said, “Oh, okay, that’s fine. But could you turn them down?”
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Lol!
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All my imaginary friends were in books.
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Good reblog, Stevie, I read Debby’s story with interest.
I am also an only child, but never had an imaginary friend. I had a very active imagination though, and could easily play with my toys on my own for hours, especially the toy soldiers.
I have seen animals appear to see things that are not there. I remember a cat we had that would avoid a certain corner of a room, and her fur would raise if she got too near it.
And Ollie will often look around the living room, as if he is following someone walking across the room. He has done that on numerous occasions.
Best wishes, Pete.
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And Ollie knows that someone is walking across the room. He’s not daft…
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Thanks Pete. I’m glad my article resonated with you. It seems you are another with lingering spirits, and you are quite aware of their presence. 🙂
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Also an only child, I had imaginary friends back then, and I still today:)
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I didn’t have an imaginary friend but I did turn my teddy bear into a friend and treated him like a real person. My daughter, however, had an imaginary friend called Frosty (as in Frosty the Snowman). I couldn’t close the car door until he was in the car, had to set a place for him at the dinner table. etc. Years later, when she was an adult, I found a stuffy in the shape of Frosty the Snowman and gave it to her. We had a good laugh over it.
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How sweet. I didn’t go as far as needing to set a place at the table for my imaginary friend, but I do remember talking to her.
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What an amazing story Darlene. ❤
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