Do You Dream in Color?

I do. I dream in the most vivid colors.

Last night the colors were on a computer video screen and were vibrant reds and greens and blues,in replicated bitmap animation ( or whatever you call it-- a computer person I am not) pictures. It was more like 64 bit animation of the old TRON movie variety than something more sophisticated, but the colors were stunning.

I can't remember much about the dream because mrangelmeg's cell phone rang and woke me up. I tried to piece it together, but all I could remember was the vivid colors on the computer screen.

Pax

Interpretation of Dreams

I dreamed about my mother last night, not once but twice -- two distinctive dreams about mom in a slightly more communicative state than she is in at this point in her disease.

In the first dream she was trying to tell me something, but each time she kept slipping and thinking I was a friend from her high school days. She would then begin to talk about her brother Chuck (Charley Boy she called him, when they were in high school). I couldn't seem to get her back into the present moment. It was shortly after that that I woke up from that dream.

In the second dream her sister Louise was still alive and very vibrant (which she was almost right up until she died at about age 90) and had come to see mom, but mom was very confused. Louise seemed to think that all mom needed was more exercise, to get out of the house more (mom had become very house bound near the end because of her fear of her bladder control issues). I was walking outside with mom and we kept meeting people that she knew, and she was pretending that she still remembered who they were, but she didn't actually remember any of them, and then I woke up from that dream.

It bothers me a little that I dreamed about mom twice in one night, and both dreams involved her dead siblings. Do these dreams have some underlying meaning or am I just beginning to grieve that she is the only one left of her three siblings (and their spouses for that matter)? After I woke up from the second dream I was so rattled that I couldn't get back to sleep.

Maybe, this is all just part of the process of my saying goodbye to mom. After all Alzheimer's disease is called "the Long Goodbye". In my dreams I actually get to talk to her again, even for a little while. I would give just about anything to have one more conversation with her.

Pax

Dream Weaver . . . Can Anyone Help me Interpret This Dream

So I had this dream the other night, and I woke up feeling really cold and confused. I would love for someone with some dream interpretation skills to help me unravel the meaning. I did look a few things up on Dream Moods A-Z Dream Dictionary, but I still don't have it all worked out.

I was at my gradual school in one of the suites where we have stayed when I have gone down for a class weekend. There were a bunch of my classmates and I sitting around having what appeared to be a party (which we did often enough in the evenings after class was over). Through the open door I saw my family in a room across the hall. I tried to walk toward them but instead I found myself bumping into what appeared to be a large mirror. So what I was actually looking at was behind me, when I turned around to reach my family I was confronted by yet another mirror, in fact I was then surrounded on all sides by mirror images of myself.

I stood, pounding on the mirrors, because I was trapped in the mirrored box. Just as suddenly as I was hemmed in, I was released from the box; it had been a trick played on me by one of my classmates. It was at that point that I woke up feeling cold and confused.

Any insight into what this dream means would be greatly appreciated.

Pax

Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

This was very powerful for me this morning. Especially the thought about brick walls being there to make you prove how much you want something. I think I agree with him. I might put it another way: where others find the brick wall a stumbling block, I find a steping stone (albeit one that takes an inovative way to get over it).

I am feeling much better today and hopefully will be getting back to work on my final essays. Thanks for the prayers.

NOTA: This guy was on Oprah Monday. Wow, I knew about something even before Oprah did, I feel so special.

Pax

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

I have been having some very vivid dreams lately. I only wish I could remember them more clearly. Too bad they don't make Tivo for dreams.

What Your Dreams Mean...

Your dreams seem to show that you're a bit disturbed... but nothing serious. You may have a problem you're trying to work out in your sleep. Overall, you are very content in your life. You have a very vivid imagination and a rich creative mind. You secretly want to hide your dreams from your waking mind.

What Do Your Dreams Mean?

nightcap tip to Sr Susan RosePax