Ok those of you that analyze dreams I would LOVE to know if this has any meaning it was a rather strange dream of mine.
Background: I must start by telling you that my father passed away between April 8-April 11, 2008 (the time frame is unknown his certificate states the 11th but my sister and I have narrowed it down to what we believe would have been the 8th). No one was with him at the time, my grandfather was in vacation in Florida and my sister and I live in Florida while he lived in Michigan with my grandfather.
This past Saturday night I had the strangest dream and it seems odd to me that the date was in between the 8th and the 11th.
Dream:
Myself and my two sons were trying to fly out to see my dad. We were at the airport and I was waiting in line while my boys sat and waited for me (just my boys, my husband and daughter were not in the dream). After a long weight in line I had to do some test with a monitor that just didn’t seem to be working. Finally they said I was done. When I finished I sat down and asked my oldest son when the flight was to take off and he looked at the ticket and it said 3:15, I freaked out because it was now 4:30.
We ended up having to reschedule the flight for the next day to leave once again at 3:15 at a cost of $330, which they graciously didn’t charge me after I almost broke down over the cost. (this portion could be do to my stress over my husband not having a job for a month)
The next day (we went home of course). I was getting ready for our leave telling the kids to round up their DS, MP3, etc. When I looked at the clock and it was 2:38. There was NO WAY we were going to make it to the airport, through security and check-in to get to on the plane by 3:15, of course we tried. Guess what time we arrived at the airport? 4:30
Explaining to the staff what happened I asked to get on another flight hoping to get the 6:30 pm flight that night however it was booked. The best they good do was the next day at…you guessed it 3:15.
End of Dream
That just seems to be full of signs that I have no idea what they mean. Anyone good at this stuff and want to take a crack at it?
Mrs B says
OK… I’m no expert when it comes to dreams, but I do believe that certain aspects of our lives tend to live in the deepest parts of our psyche or subconscious and then work their way into our dreams from time to time. I don’t know what your relationship with your dad was like, but I’ll take a shot at it.
I think the dream centers around the fact that A) there is a major “unknown” surrounding the actual day that your dad passed, and B) that you weren’t there with him when he passed. (which is perfectly OK because I truly believe that if we are meant to be with a loved one when they pass, we will be. If not, then we were just not supposed to be) This is how I would break it down:
1) You and the boys never actually completing the trip before the end of the dream, simply mirrors the fact that you weren’t in town when your dad passed.
2) The fact that you kept missing the flight for differing reasons, is probably a form of validation that even if you’d had advanced notice that he was going to pass on a specific day, something would have prevented you from being there.
3) I also think there’s a significance to your hubby and your daughter not being in the dream. It’s probably because they represent the idea of the father/daughter relationship. You and your father were not together at the time that he passed, so their presence in your dream wouldn’t have “fit”.
Technically, I’m not sure if there’s ever only one interpretation of a dream, but given the background info you provided, it’s how I would have read it if I’d had a similar dream myself.
That’s my take on it anyway….
Colleen (Shibley Smiles) says
Thank you so much. My mother also sent me what she thought. It is so interesting to hear what people think which is why I made the post. My mother actually said a lot of what you said the main thing being that I was not there. I appreciate the detail you have given here.
Connie says
Excellent I am impressed, I read what the dram meant because I know all of the facts surrounding the event and how Colleen felt at the time but you did it just from a little info. Very good.
Connie says
I would say you are trying to get to him before he dies but you just can’t get there and you are frustrated, which is some feelings from when he died, you felt so bad that he was alone and you were not there with him. I don’t know if the times have anything to do with it or not, could be the time he died, you definitely had the dream because of the dates. The boys knew him so you were taking them to see him one more time, Ericka was so young when he died.