Sometimes a dream is unpleasant and still carries a gift inside it. I learned that again after my mom passed, through a dream I have never forgotten.
In the dream I was sitting with my mom, just talking, the way we always did. Then I noticed three dark shapes moving outside and I knew, the way you know things in dreams, that they meant death. They would not tell me straight out who they had come for, only riddles about twins and dual personalities. When one of them finally reached for my mom, I panicked and woke myself up on purpose. I wanted no more of that dream.
Except dreams like that have their own plans. When I fell back asleep I was in the dream again, and my mom, who was supposed to be gone, looked up at me and said hi.
Every dream I have ever had about my mom follows that same pattern. In the dream I know she has passed, and she shows me, calmly, that she is not really gone. She would tell me to give her a few weeks. She was always fine. The riddle about twins made sense to me later: we are body and spirit at the same time, twins in a way, and when the body is finished, the spirit is free. Death is just the word we use down here for that parting.
Those dreams always seemed to arrive after a few hard days of missing her. That was her way of checking in. She still does it in small ways. Once, sitting there thinking about her, I felt a single drop land on my hand, like a tear, in a dry room with no leak anywhere. Another morning, half awake, I felt someone tap my pillow right behind my head, exactly where my youngest would tap to get my attention. I turned around and nobody was there. Or rather, nobody I could see.
That is the difference I want you to know about. A regular dream about someone you have lost usually leaves you unsettled. A visit feels different. They look well. The dream stays vivid for days instead of dissolving by breakfast. And you wake up comforted, even if you are crying. If that has happened to you, I do not believe it was just your imagination being kind. I believe it was them.
Death is not the end of the people we love. They are around us more than we think, peeking in, helping where they can. If you have been missing someone and hoping for a sign, pay attention to your dreams this week. And if you would like help connecting with someone who has passed, my Loved-One Connection readings are here: https://www.cheri22.com/life-readings-3
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