I want to share one of my dreams I had some years ago. My husband and I were sitting on a couch. We were both sitting on an angle. My husband was facing his mother and I was leaning forward so that I could see her as well. She did not look good. Her face showed an expression of sorrow.

My husband reached out his hand and placed it on her knee. He said to her, “Mom, you may have to come live with us now.” With that, I realized his dad was not in the “picture” which lead me to the conclusion that he was either very ill or had possibly passed away.
I got a sudden rush of panic and did not know what to do. It all became clear to me; my mother in-law, the one whom I never speak to, was about to move in with me.

“Ahhhhhh,” was all I remember hearing in my head as I woke up abruptly. I felt awkward about the dream I had. I was feeling confused as to why I was dreaming about my mother in-law, and feeling like I was not alone. I am not very close her to, as a matter of fact, I hardly know her at all. She lives in a different state and does not speak much English, so the conversations end at “hello”.

Anyway, I went about my daily routine. I cleaned the house and then got my kids ready to go out. We usually walked down to the court yard where my mother lived. I had two good friends that I would visit with. One of the ladies had her own small kids that were the same age as mine, and the other one baby sat her nephew, who was the same age as my son.

When I got there, I discussed the strange feeling that I brought back with me from the dream. I valued both of their thoughts and feelings; they were wise women. I could not shake the feeling, it was like someone was trying to get my attention.

A few hours later, I went home to get dinner ready. As I walked up to my door, I heard the phone ringing, and ringing, and ringing. I tried to get inside as quickly as I could, but with three smalls kids, it was very difficult.

Once I got in, I dropped everything and ran to the phone. It was my brother in-law. He was yelling at me, questioning where I had been all day.

My first reaction was to retaliate, and tell him where to shove it, but I did not. He told me everyone had been trying to reach us all day because his father had a massive heart attack, and was at the hospital in critical condition. He said he did not know if he was going to make it, and wanted my husband to get to the city immediately.

My jaw dropped to the floor. My dream, was it a warning of the current situation? Would it end up coming true?

I prayed really hard for my father in-law. He ended up having major heart surgery. They did a quadruple bypass and was in the hospital for a long time, but he made it; thank God!

I look back at it now, and view it as a situation warning. I do not think my mother in-law will ever live with us. She has so many other kids that she would go to first, but I do believe it was an indication that something serious was going to happen with my father in-law and it did. And, the annoying feeling like someone was trying to get my attention, was probably the strong vibe my brother in-law was putting out, while trying to get a hold of one of us.

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