I have a secret friend I speak to almost every day. I have no idea who he or she might be, but we communicate in Swedish. And no, it’s not an online friend and it is not an imaginary friend.
Here’s how we met:
The building I teach in have several wonderful study areas with comfy chairs and floor-to-ceiling white boards. I cut through one of those areas during my not-quite-awake yet stagger from my parked car to the office. One morning someone had written “Talar du Svenska?” in big red letters on the white board. And so I replied that I do indeed speak Swedish—in Swedish.
That afternoon there was a new message asking me how I was and if I enjoyed the weather.
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I have exactly two friends in Spokane who speak Swedish, but we rarely get a chance to chat. Usually we see each other when English speaking friends are around, so gabbing away in Swedish is rude when only two of us understand the conversation. We talk about starting a Swedish conversation club and meet more often, but so far busy schedules and life in general has stopped us from getting together.
Until we get that started, I’ll continue speaking with my secret friend using markers and whiteboard. Maybe one day, I can invite her/him to join the conversation club.
Have you ever had a secret friend, imaginary or real?
7 comments
The line: -“I see dead people…” comes in my mind here.
Asa is it our grandad who’s trying to communicate with you. I mean he allways talked about the weather and ordinary stuff e.g change in weatherwas news to him 🙂
Anyway this sounds like a good plot for a new novell. Maybe yous should concider getting into the mystery genre?
See you soon…..
Brorern
Anders,
I love the idea that it is farfar who’s trying to communicate with me. Would also love it if it was farmor, although she wasn’t quite as fascinated by the weather as farfar was. Okay, you’ve got me thinking about using my white board conversation as a plot element. Hmmmmm.
Asa, my friend, does anybody else see this mysterious writing? Just asking 🙂
Ha, ha, Virginia! I hope so! I’ll take a picture of it and show it to you. For your peace of mind, and mine. I don’t want this to be some weird version of Fight Club. 🙂
Tesa, the mystery is definitely fun. I’m surprised over how much I look forward to what will be on the board every morning.
Briana, I like the connection between reading and imaginary friends. Maybe I like writing so much because I didn’t have enough imaginary friends as a child. Now I get to make them up on the page. 🙂
I’ve never had a secret friend other than a secret Santa, but as a child I had a whole gang of imaginary friends. Maybe that is why I like reading so much, I’m used to hanging out with characters that live in my mind. 🙂
What a fun story! I think the mystery is more fun than meeting…at least for awhile. Great premise for a book!
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