A dream of the Summerlands
Sep. 24th, 2012 07:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhionnachI want to share this with you. Last night, after the Mabon ritual, I dreamed about my parents. The last time I dreamed about either of them was of my mother in the days leading up to her death. Then it had been an odd conversation with her talking about how the Crohn's disease had ravaged her body.
Last night, however, I dreamt I was standing in the living room of the family house, but it was as if I wasn't seen by either of them. The living room was also more the way it had been many years ago. In the dream they were dancing with each other. I noticed that my mother looked pale but my father was tanned and his hair had regained its dark brown colour as opposed to the white it had been of late. They were both a lot younger.
It stayed with me, this dream. It wasn't until I was slogging away on the rowing machine in the gym this morning that I began to realise certain things. Doing a repetitive thing like rowing allows your mind to tick over and process things. My mind can mull over a few things in this sort of situation. Today, it struck me that the reason why my father was tanned was that he has been in the Summerlands longer than my mother. Of course he would be tanned! My mother was pale as she hadn't been there all that long. When this hit me I nearly fell off the machine.
I think I got a wee glimpse of the Summerlands last night.
Last night, however, I dreamt I was standing in the living room of the family house, but it was as if I wasn't seen by either of them. The living room was also more the way it had been many years ago. In the dream they were dancing with each other. I noticed that my mother looked pale but my father was tanned and his hair had regained its dark brown colour as opposed to the white it had been of late. They were both a lot younger.
It stayed with me, this dream. It wasn't until I was slogging away on the rowing machine in the gym this morning that I began to realise certain things. Doing a repetitive thing like rowing allows your mind to tick over and process things. My mind can mull over a few things in this sort of situation. Today, it struck me that the reason why my father was tanned was that he has been in the Summerlands longer than my mother. Of course he would be tanned! My mother was pale as she hadn't been there all that long. When this hit me I nearly fell off the machine.
I think I got a wee glimpse of the Summerlands last night.
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Date: 2012-09-24 07:28 pm (UTC)