Carrie Hood, 22, works in sales and customer service for a Chicagoland business. After a hard day at work, Carrie goes home to be comforted by one thing: her blanky.

"I keep my blanky around for security, love, comfort and (out of) stubbornness," Hood said of her once-white blanket, which doubles as an adjustable pillow. "I honestly don't know what I would do without it."

Cyndi Mortiz, 45, said her 10-year-old son got his lovie at birth. The blanket, called Blanky, was yellow and had a satin trim. Mortiz never found the lovie embarrassing.

"It didn't embarrass us because he was young, and most of the little kids we knew had lovies of one sort or another," she said. "We did impose a rule about not taking the blanket out of the house, but my son never really protested. If I had it to do over again, though, I would probably let him take it wherever he wanted."

Before the age of 4, Hood took her lovie everywhere. As she got older, the blanket left the house less and less, but at night, Blanky stayed with Hood a great deal as she wandered her house.

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