| | On Friday, AW started playing with an imaginary friend named Dylan. She insisted that she was going to school and that she was bringing Dylan along.. then she and SM visited Dylan in his "room" in our house. Both girls were involved in this creative play for quite a while - which was nice cause it kept them busy. D and I watched with intrigue, as the name "Dylan" was the boy name I liked when I was pregnant with AW, before we knew the gender. So it was interesting to hear of this new 'friend.' When school started, we purchased a school calendar that had the pictures of the students... there was a picture of all the kids in AW class. She proudly named all her little friends.. but after we went through each child.. there was no Dylan. Then I remembered that her teacher's 2 year old son was named Dylan, and he goes to that school, but is not in her class... so she wouldn't have the opportunity to play with him. So, who really is Dylan?
In my high school biology class, I recall learning about when embryos are formed..and that sometimes there are twins, but one overcomes the other to survive, resulting in a single fetus. I think that was in a film. And when those people grow up, they will actually find pieces of that "other sibling" in lumps on their body, like fingernails on earlobes.. I know that sounds bizarre, and maybe it was a cruel joke that was played in my class... but that possibility (because it sounded so odd) always stayed with me. D and I are convinced that her imaginary friend Dylan is her twin, perhaps the one with no allergies, that she beat out to be with us.
Tomorrow I will ask her teacher to see if they played together - which is most likely the real story, but wouldn't it be so weird if that weren't true? *Twilight Zone music*
ps. I am only posting for the entertainment of my colleague AK who has requested that I updated this old blog. I am feeling under the weather but mustered up the energy to write about this strange experience to share.
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