Mr. Snuffleupagus

Nanny: Oh Dena doll, look at that. That was a Snuffleupagus or something. Your, your, little, um, stuffed animal that you took with you everywhere you went. 

Dena: And it’s funny, I’m noticing, the first thing I noticed was my hairline. So I’m thinking you gave me that haircut. 

Nanny: I think I probably did the barber. 

Dena: And then snuff, to this day I have a conspiracy theory because I went everywhere with him and you could see how tattered. And the day he disappeared was like, I was in serious grief and mourning and even questioned into my adolescence if you hadn’t made him disappear because I was so. I can remember, Mom, do you remember me having imaginary friends? 

Nanny: Yes, I think I did it. 

Dena: Yeah. I was like, I remember actively having imaginary friends and Snuffleupagus  was very real in my world 

Nanny: And we never found out what happened to him. 

Dena: No. No. 

Nanny: The strangest thing.

Dena: Gone with the wind. 

Nanny: No, I would never, I would never ditch it. Never. Never. Never. Yeah. No. 

Dena: And yeah, and I just, I, I do remember like this grief, I went through when he just…

Nanny: Aw, because you had that Snuffleupagus up for just a long time.

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