Pigsty, Giraffes, & Margarine: Imaginary Friends & Loneliness

<p>Four-year-old Eliana Pauls wrote a story during the pandemic. It was about her best friend, a fairy named Sapphire. The fairy had wings, hair of gold, and like Eliana, they both love the colour blue. While Eliana is a real little girl who can be seen by anyone, Sapphire, the fairy, cannot. She can’t be seen during regular times and never by people who don’t believe in fairies.&nbsp;</p><p>But once in a blue moon, when the conditions are perfect, she appears with her suitcase.&nbsp;</p><p>And if you are very lucky, like Eliana, and believe in fairies with your whole heart, you will see her.&nbsp;</p><p>Another thing that Eliana and Sapphire the Fairy have in common is they both believe and they have faith in imagination.&nbsp;</p><p>Imagine your way out of loneliness.&nbsp;</p><p>It worked for a four year old girl name Eliana, who is a real human being, and Sapphire the Fairy, who had forgotten what it was like to believe in humans.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>