The other night I had a dream that felt so real that when I woke I had to almost pinch myself to make sure I was awake. My cousin passed away last fall... when she was 25 she had cancer and after fighting if off twice she spent a great bit of time with continuous oxygen through her trachea as her lungs were both in terrible condition due to Aspiration when she was near 30 years old. But the other night I woke up in my dream on a beach that was so perfect.. white sand... clear water and no one around at all. Then I saw Sep walking down the beach in the tidewater and she was laughing and smiling... I didn't know what to feel in my dream except for amazement and wonder. I could almost imagine that that would have been a dream of hers to be able to do... I could imagine she would have been so happy to walk and to breathe the fresh ocean air again and feel the sand in her toes... I can still hear her laughing... Dreams are sometimes another kind of happiness. It's like they take us to another place and make us think on good things... happy things.
Life is not promised to any one of us... we don't know when our lives will cease to exist as we know it... which is why we want to feel the sand in our toes... breathe the fresh air in... walk in the water... watch the sunset... those little things make everything else seem even smaller in importance... Tell those you love that you love them and don't hold that back. Think on those who are no longer with us and remember the best times... and even if there are tears... make sure you are smiling through them because you had an opportunity to know them and have them in your life... they were a gift to you...and maybe one day you can meet them in your dreams again... and smile at the memories and joy life brought to you.
