Theresa Lewis

Last night, I had a dream about my mother who passed away almost thirty years ago. In my dream, I was in a garden somewhere that I didn’t know, but the area was breathtakingly beautiful. The grass was like a soft green velvet carpet and the flowers were radiant with a splash of vibrant colors.

 

I have never dreamt about myself as being the age that I am until that night. As I looked around me, I wondered why I was there and how I got there. Suddenly, I saw my mother approaching me. As she walked through an arbor, I was so excited to see her after so many years. I hugged her.

 

If I had to guess her age, I would have to say that she appeared to be in her early to middle forties. She looked beautiful. In each hand, she held a bronze and crystal chandelier. One chandelier was large and one was small. She offered me to pick the one I wanted. The other chandelier was to be given to my older sister who, I was aware was also wandering around the lovely garden, although I never really saw her.

 

I had chosen the small chandelier because I live in a small apartment. As soon as I took the chandelier from her hand, she hugged me and said she had to move on with her life. I asked her if she had something to tell me but she said she didn’t. I asked her if she had been seeing someone and she said she hadn’t. All she said was that her job is now done and it is time for her to move on. In my dream, I felt very sad, but I had a sense of understanding as I watched her retreating back through the arbor.

 

Once I woke up, I didn’t really understand what the dream meant. It had been many years since I dreamt of my mother, but I think of her often and talk to her regularly.

 

I told my sister of my dream and she believes that I have been symbolically handed the light of knowledge to carry on for the rest of my life because I no longer need my mother to watch over me.

On some level, I can take comfort in the fact that mom didn’t say that she would see me soon.

 

THE END