A couple of years ago I was very active on a Norwegian internet forum discussing paranormal phenomenon. During this time there were a lot of young parents posting there sharing their stories, telling about what their children saw and said.
A lot of them talked about imaginary friends. Some had a name, others were just referred to as "The lady" or "the nice man", the common answer parents got when they asked who, was "My friend.."
If your child told you something like that, what would you say to him or her? What if we really have spiritual guides or guardian angels? I believe we do! What if children are open and innocent enough to see them and talk to them? Indeed there are angels standing around every cradle.
As kids grow up they seem to forget their mysterious friends. Maybe it is us who deprives them from this ability. I have a girlfriend my own age who vividly remembers seeing her secret friend as a child, but for logical reasons she thinks it is her imagination running wild and that she made him up.
I think if she did, she would have remembered making him up as well!!
I hope when our children tell us about their companions, we can be curious and encouraging. So many people spend a lifetime tryingto contact their spiritual guides. Maybe they don't have to loose that ability from the beginning.
