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I once owned an elephant named Isabella.

She was made out of plastic painted brown with gold trimming around her feet and tusks.

A little girl named Betsy who lived in my apartment building gave her to me as a good luck charm.

She said it was a positive omen to keep me safe always.

I was obsessed with Isabella for years and no matter where I moved she was the first item I’d unpack.

I took the superstition seriously not because I believed in it per say but I believed in Betsy’s story.

The people you love become ghosts inside of you and like this you keep them alive. — Robert Montgomery

One Sunday I was downstairs in the laundromat of my apartment building folding clothes having a conversation with my ex about ghosts.

We were sharing paranormal stories and wondered if ghosts really existed or not.

A little girl (Betsy) around 10 years old, brown skin and long frizzy black curly hair was next to…