Here comes a Dimbley!

When we were very little, my mom took my brother and me to watch a movie that she watched when she was a child! It was obviously a black and white film, but filled with wondrous magic. It instantly became my favourite movie at that point in time. My one big takeaway from that movie was the name "Dimbley"! (Obviously, I have made up a new word for the original; this blog is all about keeping everything Canadian without adding specific ethnic or cultural backgrounds into it!)

So, who or what is a Dimbley?!

Dimbley was the name given to monster children in that movie. The monster children were like Munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz". And I loved that they were called Dimbley; a word I had never heard of before!  I started calling my brother Dimbley. He was the first Dimbley. The second was ASid and the third was Hans.

What started off as a proper noun has now become a common noun!

Now that I have other children whom I tutor and spend time with, I feel like I have a whole bunch of monster children! My one little Dimbley has become several little dimblies!

I want to write about one of them today. This one has an amazingly crazy imagination. I will call her Sunny. I saw Sunny 3 times a week over the summer holidays and she is continuing with me this school year. She is a bright child and this is her first year at the CW. Given the fact that she got into an art school, I tailored my lessons a little differently for her. Along with grammar, we indulged in poetry, and along with reading, we did some creative writing. I had a lot of fun and I believe she did as well. One of the assignments I had for Sunny was to retell the Cinderella story. When we brain stormed, she wanted to make it a murder mystery and I was excited as it is my favourite genre. However, Sunny came back with a horror story. To make a long story short, Sunny's version of Cinderella ended with the prince in a torture chamber where anyone and everyone can kick him and punch him as they please. That story gave me serious goosebumps!

While Sunny is discovering her inner Stephen King, ASid has been trying to narrow down his university options. The boy does not realize how brilliant he is. He can speak both of the official languages of Canada and he is learning to speak another International language while he is in a program with a focus on Math, Science and Computers. It makes sense to combine those very different skills; however, ASid wants to explore Psychology as his Minor! That gave me serious goosebumps as well! Psychology was my Minor for my first undergraduate degree.

I do not know where Sunny's imagination will take her and I do not know where ASid will be next September, but I am so privileged to be part of the lives of my little dimblies.

And one day, maybe, they can be a series of children's books.

 

Noteworthy Remarks: Today is one of my favourite days of the year. It is September 14th and it is KPF's birthday. On his birthday, I like to write something funny or optimistic to reflect who my friend is and dedicate something small for him. With a bit of luck, today, I hope I came up with an original word that has potential to become as common as munchkin in our vocabulary!