Okay, I am starting to wonder if there is something wrong with me. You may remember that I had some strange dreams during my first pregnancy, but most of them were either recurring dreams that I had always had OR they were about the baby. Well, since I have been pregnant with baby boy Gibson #2, I have had a whole new recurring dream, which I never had before. I have had it THREE times now, and so I'm really starting to wonder what's going on subconsciously that's making me dream these dreams... or nightmares. (And, for the record, I have not had ONE dream about the baby this time, whereas last time I think I had three... so that's a little weird too.)
First Dream. I am riding in the car with my father-in-law (yes, just the two of us - weird) down a winding road, and there is a tornado VERY close by. In this particular dream, my father-in-law acts cool, calm and collected... he is very confident that we won't get sucked up by the tornado... and we don't. We safely drive RIGHT BY it, which was freaky, but we make it out safely.
Second Dream. This time, Matt is driving, and I am in the front seat, and Henry is in his car seat. All of the sudden, there are several tornadoes very close to our car. We are driving along, and I think we are going to make it, when all of a sudden, we start to spin. At first, I get mad at Matt because I thought he drove straight into the tornado, but then we realize that the tornado came straight out of the sky and sucked us up. In this particular dream, we were 100% confident that the three of us would definitely be separated and very likely all die, so I was actually telling Henry that I would see him in Heaven and saying goodbye to both of them forever... at which I woke up with a serious stomach ache that turned out to be a gross virus. (I originally thought I was just sick because of the dream.)
Third Dream. Last night. This time, we were at my in-law's house (theme here?), and for some reason we all decided to leave the house. Matt, Henry and I left in our car, and we were following my in-laws in their car. As we were following them, we noticed a tornado outside the window... so we decided we needed to pull over at the elementary school parking lot right up the street... so we and Matt's whole family were in the parking lot seeking refuge from the tornado (???)... and while we were there, Matt was selling some parts of his old car to some dude in the parking lot who wanted them... anyway, after a few minutes, we all decided to pile in Matt's parent's car again. Matt's dad was driving, and he had a choice, he could go one way where the tornadoes were clearly still active, or he could turn and go the other way where the sky was perfectly clear and sunny. For some reason, he started driving towards the tornadoes, but NO ONE IN THE CAR SEEMED TO CARE EXCEPT FOR ME. So I was yelling, "MARK (that's my FIL's name), WHERE ARE YOU GOING!?" And he just shrugged his shoulders, hardly acknowledging me at all. Meanwhile, Matt and his mom were both "sssshhhing" me because I guess by questioning my FIL's decision to drive straight into a tornado, I was being disrespectful. As we drove closer to the tornado, we passed several houses that had been destroyed by the tornado. Since no one was listening to me and I wasn't allowed to openly question his decision to drive into the tornadoes, I decided to send Matt a text message that said, "Where is your dad GOING?" Apparently, Mark was headed to HEB, where the tornadoes were supposedly the worst. This dream ended at this point (thankfully) when my alarm went off.
So, I mentioned in my last post that my husband is constantly telling me to relax, and maybe you can get a hint of that from these dreams where I have pretty much been panicky in all three. I don't really think of myself as having a lot of anxiety - though I am sure there is much more beneath the surface than I've really discovered. And, admittedly, I have struggled more with anxiety since Henry was born. (Which, to be honest, has been a huge blessing because it's forced me to press into the God of Peace!) Anyway, if any of you are named "Moses" or "Daniel" and you want to tell me what the deal is with these dreams, I'd welcome your interpretations. :)
2 comments:
My name is not Moses or Daniel, but I think Matt is secretly playing brainwashing tapes about tornadoes to you while you sleep, so you will fully appreciate his obsession with all things weather and encourage him to quit his job and become a meteorologist :)
I totally agree with Allison! I think you are just starting to become obsessed with weather like your in laws! Or maybe you are thinking about raising two kids and the chaos of it all reminds you of a tornado (oh wait, that's just me panicking!). Crazy!!
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