This October will mark 21 years since my father
died. Over those years I have had maybe 3 or 4 dreams, vivid dreams, where my
father visited me. These dreams are never about past events, they're always
current. They've always been completely impacting.
I remember the first one...3
years after he died while I was in a crisis of faith and performing on one of
the Norwegian Cruise Line ships. In the dream he and I walked through a field
and talked about life and doubt and faith. It rocked my world.
It's been years
since I've had another dream, even though I have longed to, but I did this past
Saturday night. It was so real...hearing his voice, seeing his expressions,
getting a hug. In this dream, we were in the town where my father is buried and
after coming out of a store a car pulled up to the curb and Ronnie Lorenz who
was one of Dad's best friends was driving and rolled down the window and said,
"What do you think about this?!" Dad jumped out, grabbed me and
hugged me. We laughed through tears. He wept as he met the kids and Sheryl and
hugged them. It was all so real. I woke up very early Sunday morning and couldn't
go back to sleep. My heart was beating 90 mph. I felt so excited. Wow...it just
made me long for the day when we're all together. Thank you, God, for allowing
me to have that little taste of Heaven.
Oh...and, um, this is awkward, but
R2-D2 was also in the dream. Yes, R2-D2. The robot. I mean, did you seriously think my dad could come visit with me in a dream without there being some bizzare-o feature. :)
2 comments:
Precious. I had a very vivid dream after my grandfather died. We went to visit him at the cemetary and all of the people who were buried there were sitting in front of their headstones in lawn chairs to visit with their families. :-) Best of all, I got to hug him and tell him that I loved him and tell him goodbye. I think that was just what I needed. Glad you had a sweet reunion...these help us wait for the real one to come. God bless.
If R2-D2 was there, you must have been dreaming in really deep space! Love those house shoes.
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