I have a dream that pops up on occasion, but recently weekly.
I am near a building. Sometimes a house, sometimes a small business, often a busy mall, the kind that was busy and bustling in the 80’s. I am having a conversation with someone, usually a stranger. They call my attention to storms in the distance, storms I never see until I turn the corner of the building. The bank of storms is always stunning, with very little rain and very little lightning. But there are picturesque funnel clouds and tornadoes, in varying stages of strength. The clouds are gray and blue, both swirling and static. Even though someone nearby is quietly screaming that we need to take cover, I always try to count them, and I won’t take cover until I count them all. There is always one tornado further in the back of the line of storms that is harder to see, but I always catch sight of it before taking cover in the building. The tornadoes always come close. Sometimes they hit and I am peeking out for a glimpse of blue sky beneath the rubble of my refuge, sometimes the tornado (only one ever is a serious risk to my location) passes nearby harmlessly. The tornadic event never kills me and most times doesn’t even injure me even when it passes directly overhead and destroys my protective environment. Sometimes I can see inside the tornado, and my brain pulls in details of the experience from depictions I’ve read about that particular experience. Afterwards, I leave the area and the dream transitions to some other weirdness completely unrelated to that tornado experience. I rarely wake right after.
In real life, I fear night tornadoes. I used to get in my car and drive miles to catch sight of one, yet only in the daytime. I fear what I cannot see. In the dream, it is always daytime. Never do I experience a nighttime dream tornado of my real life potential nightmare.
Thank god.
Grateful!
1. Checked in on some far away friends, either COVID free or had it so mild they never noticed. Blessings!
2. A relative of The Sps, someone who thought it would be a great idea to attend a large family Thanksgiving, is COVID positive. Godspeed. I am glad my husband is highly resistant to any pressure to attend family or other events. He behaves in the safest manner possible to protect those in his household. Am grateful he takes his role of protector so seriously.
In real life, I fear night tornadoes. I used to get in my car and drive miles to catch sight of one, yet only in the daytime. I fear what I cannot see. In the dream, it is always daytime. Never do I experience a nighttime dream tornado of my real life potential nightmare.
Thank god.
Grateful!
1. Checked in on some far away friends, either COVID free or had it so mild they never noticed. Blessings!
2. A relative of The Sps, someone who thought it would be a great idea to attend a large family Thanksgiving, is COVID positive. Godspeed. I am glad my husband is highly resistant to any pressure to attend family or other events. He behaves in the safest manner possible to protect those in his household. Am grateful he takes his role of protector so seriously.
3. Those damn Mio flavorings are a godsend and extraordinarily helpful. I like the Watermelon Lemonade alone, the Tang alone and I will mix in different combos the Black Cherry, Cranberry Raspberry and Grape Koolaid. So much YUM!
Godspeed y’all!