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Sunday Inspiration: "Dreams"

Monday Musings: Dreams

 Last week was a good week.  Max, fortunately, went right back to his usual sleep habits.  My dad is feeling a lot better and we met for lunch on Thursday.  I got a lot accomplished when it came to my goals for the week.  And we celebrated our daughter's 29th birthday.

One thing from last week that's really sticking with me is a dream I had one night about my maternal grandfather who has been gone for several years.  In the dream, he was still alive but we knew he was going to pass soon.  I was at his home with several other people, all of us wanting to be there with him in his final moments. I'm not sure who they all were - I couldn't really see them.  They were mostly just shadowy figures in the dream. I was sitting beside his chair and singing "You Are My Sunshine" to him.  A song I always identify with him due to a memory of him singing it when I was just a little kid.   Usually, I can only remember bits and pieces of my dreams, or just a feeling that lingers from it.  But this one was incredibly vivid and I can recall so much detail from it.  

Do you typically remember your dreams?

As I said earlier, I did a pretty good job accomplishing all my goals for last week.  I didn't do so great with the daily walking.  And we had to reschedule our planned hike due to a high chance of rain and thunderstorms that day.  But other than those two - I got everything completed that I had prioritized for last week.  

Yay, me!!  Now, let's keep that momentum rolling into this week...

Goals For This Week:

• Schedule Thursday posts for the 4th quarter
• Drink at least 64 oz per day
• Photograph 3 new gift sets for Etsy shop
• Create 5 new listings for the Etsy shop
• File Sales Tax
• Work on the crocheted top I am making for myself 

What's on your To-Do list for this week?

I Should Blog About This

I've been doing some deep thinking recently.  And some not-so-deep thinking also.  As I find myself buried inside my head I often think "I should write/blog about this"

Then the moment passes.

And it's gone.  The thoughts I was thinking.  Vanished.  Like so much smoke in the air.  Leaving me with the knowledge that at some point I had a great idea.  But now it's not even a memory.

Which is just so frustrating!

It happens with dreams also.  I wake from a dream, realizing I should write about whatever it was I was just dreaming.  Then I fall back asleep.  By morning whatever it was which was so brilliant, so witty, so meaningful - has withdrawn back into my subconscious.  Never to be recovered.

I would have way more posts written (and probably be far more entertaining) if I just remember all the great stuff I come up with when I am not anywhere around the computer!

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Three O'Clock in the Morning

I can't figure out what is going on with me and 3am!

First - I woke up at 3am sure someone was moving around and making noise in the male offspring's room.  Wondering what in the world he was doing at that time of night, I got up and went to check on him.  Both he and the dog were sound asleep.  Um... OK. Back to bed, where it took me forever to fall back asleep.

Then -  I woke up around 3am convinced I was smelling toast.  So sure, I got up to see who was making toast at that time of night.  The kitchen was empty.  The toaster oven was off.  And cool.  No one had been toasting bread of any sort.  Um... OK.  Back to bed, where I lay awake slowly taking inventory for any symptoms of a stroke.

Last night, I woke up about 3am absolutely sure that either a) the alarm hadn't gone off and we were oversleeping.  Or b) the alarm was about to go off any moment.  Of course, neither was correct.  Unfortunately, it messed up my sleep for the rest of the night because I kept waking up anticipating the alarm.

The hypochondriac in me is convinced that something is misfiring somewhere in my brain at three in the mornings.  The normal (?) part of me just wants to sleep through a night without having to get up at 3am for some reason.

A Pleasant Surprise

How great is my God?  Truly amazing!  Let me tell you a story...

A few days ago I had a very vivid dream.  In it, the family and I went into a restaurant with some friends of ours.  And there sat an old friend of mine from high school.  One I haven't seen or spoken to in 15 to 20 years.  We caught up and exchanged phone numbers. 

I woke up wondering why in the world I had dreamed about her.  I haven't thought about her in so long, and it was such a real dream.

Flash forward to Wednesday evening.  The family and I are meeting friends (yes, the ones we were going to the restaurant with in the dream) are heading to church for an evening of worship and a celebration of the Lord's Supper.  As we walk toward the worship center I glance over and my heart stopped!.  There, walking into another room  IS THE SAME WOMAN I HAD DREAMED ABOUT just days before.

At least I was 99% sure it was her.  I couldn't be positive unless I spoke to her.

I was shaken to my core.  I had dreamed about running into her and suddenly there she is in my church?  What were the chances? 

I couldn't stop thinking about it through the entire service.  And I decided if I saw her again after I had to go over and find out if it was in fact her and to speak to her.  I knew if God had placed both of us there at that moment - there had to be a reason and I couldn't let the opportunity pass by.

Standing in the atrium after, my eyes kept scanning the crowd.  Was it her?  Would I see her again?  There!!  I think I may have sprinted over to her (and I hope I didn't elbow anyone or knock down any small children in my hurry) and said "Excuse me, are you S-?"  It was!  I told her who I was, and a joyful reunion too part. I think I hugged her at least 3 or 4 times.

We have exchanged phone numbers.  Texts were sent today. 

I don't know why God decided it was time for our paths to cross again, but I can't wait to see what He has in mind for us!