Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Dream a Little Dream.....

An almost sleepless night.  I slept just long enough to have a troubling, but blatantly obvious  dream; assuming one's willing to find meaning in random dreams.     I dreamed I went to my old church where I used to attend and at one time was very active to the point of burnout  .  I sat  upstairs in the back .  The place was very  shabby, and poor.  I knew no one,  but an old couple I knew when they were young. I was sitting with a child.  When I left I realized I had dropped my purse.  The purses  content were spread strategically  throughout ... all the places in the church l was once active.  The child and I went back to find each item. The purse was where we were sitting but it was empty. We had to find my keys or we couldn't leave.  As we searched, I kept spotting friends from long ago. Each of these friends have died in the years since my last visit here.   When I  looked more closely, each one of these people turned out not to be who I thought they were, instead they were strangers.  Eventually, I did find the key and as I  left I  was warmly welcomed by everyone there, although I was unknown to them  they had gathered at the alcove to welcome me.  I woke up crying.

Maybe I should return to church.