On a recent trip back home to Boston I stayed with my Mother. I slept in my childhood bedroom, or should I say that I tried to sleep. Could you sleep with all of these little people watching you?
I couldn't sleep because of them. I swear their eyes followed me around the room. Also it was so quiet, I am so not use to the stillness of the night there.
There is a great series of books called "Children in the Attic" by V.C. Andrews. Your comment reminded me of the book. There also was a twilight Zone or maybe it was Outer Limits ( I use to be a big fan ) story about a little girl who had a doll collection. Turned out that the dolls were once her nannies. spooky stuff. the stuff of Stephen King's mind.
I have a hard time sleeping in my old bed when I go up to visit my parents. I took some of my stuffed animals when I moved but my sister put some of hers on my old bed. Little sis uses my old room as a closet:)
Not me...I have to have my five pillows...one in front and one against my back and 2 to sleep on and one lying there just in case!! lol I also have to have a fan going year round because I can't sleep if there is silence! Get MySpace Comments without leaving myspace!
We never had that problem. When I moved out, my mom converted my old room into an office. When my youngest brother moved out, his room became a sewing room. I think she was making sure we wouldn't move back in!
Were these your old dolls? She didn't change your room from when you lived there? My daughter left 2 years ago, and we have kept her room hers, but we tucked lots of things in her closet, took out the dresser and added a desk etc. It now is my office, but can quickly go back to being her bedroom when she is home.
I never played with dolls when I was little. I thought some were cute but I would rather be outside. I put the few I had in my sisters room because I didn't like them watching me at night.
Here's hoping you could not sleep becuase of all the good memories of when you were young & at home. Doesn't each thing remind you of something special or someone special?
Oh, Donna, that room probably gives your mother the greatest memories and each one is special to her. The dolls wouldn't bother me unless they were taking up room where I would sleep. When my parents were alive and I slept in my old room from time to time, it used to give me the most comfortable, secure feeling. Perhaps because my parents always made me feel safe and secure. I loved sleeping in my old room. However, there weren't any old dolls or stuffed animals there. But until my mom got sick, my room stayed the same as when I was a child. Same furniture, same pictures on the wall, same curtains. My sister now owns my childhood home and it's a wonderful comfort knowing it's still in the family. We all love having family get togethers there. It brings back lots of memories of our parents.
I have the same problem with stuffed animals. My granddaughter had a million stuffed animals when she was small and when I slept in her room, they used to freak me out.
To answer your question, I always crash when I get back to my REAL bed now. Hadn't made the connection. All the while I attributed my non-sleep at the old homestead to jet lag.
Quite a comment list you've built here. Story about a bedroom still the same after many years must have hit a spot in many a heart!!!! (Even the guys answered you.)
They don't bother me. I have a house full of dolls and stuffed animals. Except for a few now and then, I find them comforting and sleep better with them watching over me. Once in a while though, I do find one that creeps me out.
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They're creepy and they're kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They're all together ooky,
The Donna dolls.
My Mom's house is a museum.
When people come to see 'em
They really are a screa-um.
The Donna's doll Family.
Neat
Sweet
Petite
So get a witch's shawl on.
A broomstick you can crawl on.
We're gonna pay a call on
The Donna's Doll Family.
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>:-)
My kids used to take them apart. I used to tell them to go to the playroom and clean up the mess from the amputees.
LOl Sharon
To answer your question, I always crash when I get back to my REAL bed now. Hadn't made the connection. All the while I attributed my non-sleep at the old homestead to jet lag.
Creepy.