I Had a Dream

I don't know about you, but this felt very real to me. I debated about whether I should write about it.

I had a dream one night a few weeks ago and in my dream I saw my mom. She looked younger, like when we were kids or before and she was happy. She looked happier than I remembered seeing her in a long time before she passed away.

Another thing about the dream is that she had Jake with her and he was healthy and happy too, wagging his tail and having that beautiful shine to his gorgeous strawberry blond fur that he used to have. My mom was telling me in the dream that she knew that I had been feeling guilty because I wasn't awake when Jake passed away and that I had been missing him terribly. She told me that she wanted me to know that he forgave me and that he wanted me to see that he was healthy again. When I woke up the next morning, I felt happier and more at peace than I felt since before he passed away back in April.

I had a similar dream a couple years after my dad passed away and after my first son was born. In that dream my dad was sitting in my grandmother's kitchen and he told me that he was proud of me and that David was a beautiful child.

I know I had been missing my mom and Jake and that was probably why I had the dream, but I'm also one of those who believe that our loved ones let us know after they pass that they are okay to ease our minds and give us peace.