As a wee child, I sucked my thumb. I and another friend {Frugal Jen} had the same babysitter/nanny {Kate} when we were little, and Kate had these heavy satin curtains that I used to hide behind and rub between my fingers while I was sucking my thumb. For Christmas one year, Kate gave me a blue satin pillow case...lets just say it fell apart. So my loving mom over the years found things for me to literally pacify my obsession with rubbing fabrics between my fingers. The last thing she ever bought me was a sleeping bag. One side was red satin, and the other was a pale pink parachute material. Oh, how I loved the pink side of that sleeping bag! So much so, that I cut it apart from the rest of the sleeping bag so that I could carry this around with me!
Pathetic, I know....gasp if you must!
Well, I never ever left without it. Period. Even in highschool. But once in HS, I had a boyfriend who bought me this little tweety head pillow thingy {Hollie, you should so remember this, I always had it in my car and at Clay's!}, and I started to carry my "pink thing" in there. At one point in time, at about 20 years old, I quit carrying this around with me, and just slept with it at night. Then mom got sick and passed away....I'm worse now than I ever was as a child!
Needless to say, over the past 7 years, I have always carried a little piece of the "pink thing" with me at all times. Well, with the thought that this so call blanket will not last forever, I made me an official blanket with part of it and put the rest away for safe keeping. And trust me, I have had this blanket for 22 years now, I won't lose it!
So, in conclusion, here are some pictures for you to laugh at me. But please remember, this is truly my most prized possession, and every day it makes me remember my mom, even if it really means that I am a little crazy!
Side 1 {pink satin & chenille}
Side 2 {pink satin & pink blankie material}
And just for your infinite pleasure....yes, my mom even talked to a psychiatrist & psychologist to make sure this was normal! And {ha ha ha} they said it was very normal for adults to do this, kind of like a nervous habit, or a security habit!
Alicia
3 comments:
I have so many fond memories of Kate's and playing. Sorry I threw sand in your eyes when we were little.
I sleep with 2 pillows, one behind me head and the other I hug. Yes I even do this sleeping next to my husband he isn't as soft as a pillow. We all have our little security blankets just in different forms :)
It's okay, I'm sure I deserved it! :)
My 27-y.o. DD sleeps with a flannel pillowcase that contains a pale pink crocheted blanket made for her by her great-grandmother.
I think the only time in her life that she did not have it to sleep with at night, she didn't sleep at all.
Unfortunately, a shell-stitched crocheted yarn crib blanket can't easily be cut apart. I dread the day when the yarn gives up the ghost. My "child" might never sleep again!
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