My sis-in-law calls the other night to tell me about a dream she had.
Mary came to her in the dream and mentioned that I don't make my bed every day. Ummm...that's true, some days I don't make my bed but Mary would be the last one to complain about that! LOL
Then, she asked me if I recently bought a bed. I told her yes and she said that Mary didn't like it and that it was too big. Ummm...it is smaller than the other bed. Youngest Daughter's spin on it is that there is room for another person in it so that makes it too big. LOL I'm pretty sure I mentioned the new bed to her husband at a poker game and that SIL must have heard it from him.
The other night I had dinner at at the Outlaw's and Mother-in-Law told me that Sis-in-Law didn't tell me that Mary also said that I leave the girls home alone too much.
Don't get me wrong...I'm thrilled when I have dreams about Mary. They are usually unsettling because no matter what is going on part of my brain is protesting that she's dead, but still it is great to have that fantasy connection. I even like it when others have dreams about her that are filled with smiles and love.
But why would you ever tell a man that is grieving for his wife, juggling work and a home, taking care of his children, and trying to find time for himself too that his wife appeared in someone else's dream and said that he was leaving the girls home alone too much?
One thing I know for sure is that Mary would never, in a million years, send messages like that to me through her family. If she appeared to me in a dream...maybe I'd take it to heart but from them...LOL So I say things like "Oh wow" and "You don't say" or my favorite "That's creepy!" and hope that is enough to shut them up.
PLUS, she's not the boss of me! :)
Posted by bbarton at November 3, 2006 11:44 AM