James Michael

James Michael is a little boy that we have taken into our home because apparently last Sunday at church this child was left behind by his parents as they left for Florida forever. At least that was the story we got out of Caeden as he explained how his new invisible friend James Michael happened to be sitting next to me on the couch, unbeknownst to me. We talked to him about it and tried to figure out if he was only pretending or if he really believed James existed, apparently he really does believe this to be true. So our next question was why he picked a name that was so similar to George Michael, he had no answer. We did some research to find out that imaginary friends are not only normal, but can be healthy. The doctors went on to explain that imaginary friends are usually used as a tool to deal with certain issues that socially advanced children are thinking about, yet not able to understand, like death, and in Caeden's case being left behind by your parents. It is alarming for me to see such worry about something that would never happen to my son, but the research shows that the kids are merely trying to work out something they do not understand. So am I. Caeden also says that James is brown with yellow hair, so this is what we think he looks like. Except with yellow hair.