She passed away a few months ago. He was in bed but could not sleep. Tossing and turning. Finally went to sleep. He had a dream. Here are the details of that dream.
She was talking to someone on the phone. He asked her: What are you doing. You are supposed to have died. If you talk to your friend, she will know you are not dead and she will tell everyone.
She replied my friend does not know I am dead. He asked how long we can hide that. When the truth comes out what will be telling our children. What we will tell the people who came for the cremation. What we will tell the people who came for the 13th day function. They all will think we put on a big hoax.
She said children will be very happy to see me alive. And, I do not care about others.
He said let’s move to an unknown place like Finland where no one knows us. And, we will not contact anyone. She agreed but said we will tell our children only where we are living.
Dream ended. He woke up. Searched for her in the home. She was not there.
PS: This is not a fiction. Real dream.
It's sweet and interesting that a mom is always a mom thinking about her kids
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Dee. Yes, like all mothers, she always thought about her kids.
DeleteIt is the hallucination of a worried mind.While agreeing to the spouse's proposal children are also duly considered.Nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Sarala. She was a good mother.
DeleteSometimes dreams may seem to accentuate the pain in reality, but eventually they help the pain subside, is what I think.
ReplyDeleteDestination Infinity
Thanks for your comments Rajesh. I wish you are right.
DeleteFor a mother, a world without her children doesn't exist. Even in dreams she constantly was thinking about her children...
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Shesha. And, welcome to my blog. Yes, even when she was alive and in her dreams, she always thought about her children.
ReplyDeleteShesha, please visit her as often as possible. Thanks.
I read somewhere that dreams are a way of communication with the deceased or just an expression of our deepest desires. But such a dream is also a gift and one should not delve into analysis, just accept it with gratitude. Hope he finds strength and comfort.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Shilpa. You are correct. We should accept the dream with gratitude.
DeleteDreams are what we want it to be...sometimes we ourselves wouldn't know what we want. Mothers cannot be separated from her children, at any age.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Sandhya. You said it right.
DeleteDreams are the visual representations of thoughts that lie buried deep in our mind and what we keep thinking about subconsciously... Its hard to come to terms with loss of a parent or a loved one. infact even 5 years after he has passed I still dream of my grandfather in present situations and settings.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Reshma. You said: Dreams are the visual representations of thoughts. Wish she would come back alive.
DeleteSuch a caring mom, hope the dream is real and he lives happily in finland.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Asha. Such a caring mom is correct. The dream was real but it was only a dream. When he woke up she was not there. So no Finland.
DeleteEven after more than 20 years, I still have vivid memories of my mother, and still feel as if she is alive, but when I go home I don't find her it is kind of odd. Same with my father.The more we think of them the more we get dreams about them, it is good in a way. Thanks for sharing this with all of us.
ReplyDeleteWe do wake up from dreams sometimes and realise that the other person is no longer there and their side of the bed is empty.
ReplyDelete:( I felt sad after reading this post SG. It just shows how much you must be missing her. It must be really tough.
ReplyDeleteHeart feels heavy. meeting and departing are two sides of the coin, yet, we don't want to separate from our loved ones. I wish it was a fiction :-(
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