So it seems that last night the Sergenian clan was busy in the dream world. I had a brief dream with my dad (few and far between - but always cherished), and told Felipe about it. He laughed and then told me that he had an interesting dream as well - but it wasn't my dad who made an appearance, he said "I had a dream with your Grandpa"....
Now, I've never met Grandpa, and I have only had one dream in my life that I can remember that he played a major role in. I was walking with dad and some other family, and there was Grandpa walking in front of me. In my dream he turned around and smiled, and then waited for me to catch up to him and gave me a big hug. That was that, the end of the dream.
And now, here is my husband having a dream with him! I guess I've been working on the family project so much recently, and sharing my progress with Felipe, that now the family is starting to animate in his dreams! This would not be unusual for me, as I dream often, but he dreams less (or remembers less of the dreams) and so it is quite rare!
I love dreams with family, but I don't read too much into dreams in general, or feel that they hold secrets about what the future will bring, but I do believe they can be meaningful. I was very close to Grandma, and I remember about a week or two weeks after she passed away I had a dream one night with her in it. In the dream I was walking in Hilldale (I was there often with her on the weekends) and saw her walking toward me. And when I say walking toward me, I mean in the older, dressed in a cute little outfit, mall-walking kind of way. She stopped when she neared me, and being surprised at seeing her I asked "Grandma, how are you doing?" and she all she said (with a smile) was "Great, I'm doing really well." and then my dream ended. Now maybe, just two short weeks after her death, that was my own mind telling me she was okay, better even now than before, or maybe...a tiny maybe...it was her telling me the same.
So I will take whatever dreams I get of the family, and I will also enjoy hearing about how the family makes appearances in Felipe's dreams...we'll see, maybe Grandpa will appear again...
Have any of you ever had an interesting or meaningful dream with a family member like that?
I had a dream about Grandma at Hilldale mall too! It was about a year after she passed away and I don't remember much of it. The only part I remember is that she was sitting on a bench in the middle of the mall when I came out of a store. I was surprised to see her and she told me she came to take me to lunch at her favorite restaurant in the mall. I can't remember the name of the restaurant but she and I would always go there when I visited her in the summer. Visits to Hilldale mall with Grandma were very special and I guess it shows in our dreams!!
ReplyDeleteDebi, I think you are talking about Upstairs Downstairs deli, that was a nice place to get lunch or dinner, and I remember going there with her many times. Either that, or there was a restaurant in Marshall Fields that she also liked, had a really good chicken and dumpling soup :)
ReplyDeleteYes, the restaurant in Marshall Fields is the one! I remember going to Upstairs Downstairs deli as well. I loved them both mostly because it was spending time with Grandma. :)
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